My Love (Lionel Richie song)
"My Love" is the title of a 1983 hit song by the American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. It was the third single released off Richie's self-titled debut solo album. The song features harmony backing vocals by country music singer Kenny Rogers.[1] It reached the Top 10 on three notable Billboard magazine charts in the spring of 1983: on the pop chart, the song peaked at # 5;[2] on the adult contemporary chart, the song spent four weeks at # 1;[1] and on the R&B chart, the song topped out at # 6.[1] "My Love" was not among Richie's more successful singles in the United Kingdom, where it only managed # 70 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] In Canada in peaked on the RPM Singles chart at #28.
"My Love" | ||||
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Single by Lionel Richie | ||||
from the album Lionel Richie | ||||
B-side | "Round and Round" | |||
Released | April 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | Soft rock, country pop | |||
Length | 4:08 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Songwriter(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
Producer(s) | Lionel Richie James Anthony Carmichael | |||
Lionel Richie singles chronology | ||||
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Later, a remake of the song was recorded and included on Richie's 2012 album Tuskegee. The remake features Kenny Chesney.[4]
Charts
Year-end chart (1983) | Rank |
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US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[5] | 73 |
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1983 (U.S.)
References
- Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 275.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 528.
- Official Charts Company info from Official Charts Company Retrieved on 02.08.09
- "Kenny Chesney Reveals He Drunk-Dialed Lionel Richie Asking to Sing on 'Tuskegee'".
- "Talent Almanac 1984: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 95 no. 52. December 24, 1983. p. TA-18.