Sweet Love (Commodores song)

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"Sweet Love"
Single by Commodores
from the album Movin' On
Released1976
Recorded1975
GenreSoul, R&B
LabelMotown
Composer(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores

"Sweet Love" is a soul/R&B ballad written by Lionel Richie and recorded by American R&B vocal group Commodores.

It became their first Top 10 pop hit in the US, where the single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and number two on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in 1976, while in the UK, it reached number 32, becoming their second Top 40 hit.

Background[]

"Sweet Love " was a ballad thatheralded a move away from their initial stone cold funk sound. The six-minute album version is noted for Richie's half-sung, half-spoken recitation before the song's refrain repeats to the fade out.

Reception[]

Cash Box said that it has "close, colorful, harmonious vocal lines and smooth, flowing musical arrangement."[2]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1976) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[3] 32
US Billboard Hot 100 5
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[4] 2

References[]

  1. ^ "Commodores Sweet Love Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 20, 2018. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  2. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. December 13, 1975. p. 16. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 130.


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