ReStructure Mix Update (3/16/24):”It Should Have Been You” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Gwen Guthrie

ReStructure Mix Update (3/16/24):”It Should Have Been You” – Glenn Rivera ReStructure Mix – Gwen Guthrie

Gwen Guthrie is a singer who began as a session singer with notable projects as Gregg Diamond’s Bionic Boogie debut album. Her talents as a songwriter also gave her expose with many top pop and soul artists. “It Should Have Been You” is from her first solo album from 1982 – produced by Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare and Steven Stanley. The project gave Gwen a new identity for her unique vocal and sound. The song focuses around missed opportunities in a relationship which may have ended too soon as many of the great elements are wonderful memories and strengths. Gwen performs this as a simple note to give her presence a relaxed delivery and also a flow with the funky groove of this music. 

I have taken the 12” vocal and instrumental of “It Should Have Been You” and have reconnected this piece to a new ReStructure Mix. I have added a new drum track to give it a deeper groove and also created a few new breaks using Gwen’s iconic phrases.