And Love Goes On Explained

And Love Goes On
Cover:EarthWind&Fire - And Love Goes On.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Earth, Wind & Fire
Album:Faces
B-Side:"Win or Lose (US)""Faces (UK)"
Released:January 1981
Recorded:1980
Genre:R&B
Length:3:38 (single version) 4:05 (album version)
Label:ARC/Columbia
Producer:Maurice White
Prev Title:Back on the Road
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Let's Groove
Next Year:1981

" And Love Goes On" is a single by the American R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire released in January 1981 by ARC/Columbia Records. The single got to No. 15 on both the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles and UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles charts. And Love Goes On also reached No. 25 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 26 on the Belgian Pop Singles chart.[1]

Overview

And Love Goes On was produced by Maurice White. The song was also composed by White, David Foster, Larry Dunn, Brenda Russell and Verdine White.

The b-side of this single was a song called Win or Lose. Both And Love Goes On and Win or Lose came upon EWF's 1980 studio album Faces.

Critical reception

New Musical Express proclaimed "And Love Goes On is a very good record indeed".[2] Jason Elias of Allmusic called And Love Goes On a "splashy track" and noted that "Maurice White's vocal is flawless here, it doesn't really matter what platitudes o' love he's pushing here. Given the song's odd melody, vocalist Phillip Bailey's multi tracked backing vocals are particularly sparkling".[3] Sal Caputo of the Gannett News Service described the tune as "a syrupy love song that's redeemed by its lack of pretension".[4] Paul Willistein of The Morning Call called And Love Goes On "pure EWF, characterized by White's whispery vocals and the band's percussive, Latin midtempo style".[5] Billboard also described the song as an "uptempo track highlighted by a fluid vocal, percussive beat and accumulated with a tasty arrangement".[6]

Chart positions

YearChart Peak
position
1981U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles15[7]
U.S. Cashbox Top R&B Singles18[8]
UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles15[9]
N.L. Dutch Single Top 10025[10]
B.E. Belgian Singles (Ultratop 50 Singles)26[11]
U.S. Billboard Hot 10059
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play57

Notes and References

  1. Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On. January 1981. Columbia Records.
  2. Singles. 21. February 21, 1981. New Musical Express.
  3. Web site: Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On. Elias, Jason. Allmusic. allmusic.com.
  4. If only EWF would hush up and play their music. December 13, 1980. 42. Caputo, Sal. Gannett News Service. The San Bernardino County Sun. newspapers.com.
  5. Earth, Wind & Fire: Faces. Willistein, Paul. 67. December 13, 1980. The Morning Call.
  6. Top Single Picks. 67. 4. 93. January 31, 1981. Billboard. americanradiohistory.com.
  7. Web site: Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). Billboard.com.
  8. Web site: Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On. March 21, 1981. Cashbox. cashboxmagazine.com.
  9. Top British Soul Singles. March 24, 1981. Blues & Soul.
  10. Web site: Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Dutch Top 40). dutchcharts.nl.
  11. Web site: Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Ultratop 50 Singles). ultratop.be.