Love's Taken Over Explained

Love's Taken Over
Cover:	lovestakenover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Chanté Moore
Album:	Precious
Released:	July 28, 1992
Length:	6:40
Label:	Silas MCA
Producer:	Simon Law Lee Hamblin
Next Title:	It's Alright
Next Year:	1993

"Love's Taken Over" is a song by American singer Chanté Moore's debut album, Precious (1992). It was written by Moore and Simon "The Funky Ginger" Law, while production was helmed by the latter along with Lee "Patches" Hamblin. Selected as Preciouss lead single, it was released by Silas and MCA on July 28, 1992 in the United States. The R&B song entered the top ten of the US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, spending 33 weeks on the listing.

Music video

A music video for "Love's Taken Over" was directed by Antoine Fuqua and filmed in Paris in 1992.^{[1] [2]}

Credits and personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of Precious.^[3]

• Lee "Patches" Hamblin – producer
• Simon Law – producer, writer
• Chanté Moore – vocal arranger, vocals, writer
• Fred Moultrie – executive producer
• Louis Silas, Jr. – executive producer

Charts

Year-end charts

Release history

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Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United States	July 28, 1992
United Kingdom	March 8, 1993			^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Straight from video. Boston.com. August 19, 2021.
2. David. Nathan. 'Precious' Time: Silas Gives Chanté Debut Extar Effort. Billboard. July 10, 1993. July 31, 2023.
3. Precious. Chanté Moore . 1992. . booklet.
4. Web site: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1993. Billboard.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20180518111607/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1993/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs. May 18, 2018. October 22, 2021.
5. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 17. March 6, 1993.