Love Will Find a Way (Pablo Cruise song) explained

Love Will Find a Way
Cover:Pablocruise_love.gif
Type:single
Artist:Pablo Cruise
Album:Worlds Away
B-Side:Always Be Together
Released:May 1978
Genre:Soft rock[1] [2]
Length:4:11 (album version)
3:40 (single version)
Label:A&M
Producer:Bill Schnee
Prev Title:Never Had a Love
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Don't Want to Live Without It
Next Year:1978

"Love Will Find a Way" is a single released by American rock group Pablo Cruise from the album Worlds Away in May 1978. On the Billboard Hot 100, "Love Will Find a Way" peaked at number 6.[3]

The song received a considerable amount of airplay during the summer of 1978, prompting critic Robert Christgau to say, "Hear David Jenkins sing 'once you get past the pain' fifty times in a day and the pain will be permanent", referring to the lyrics of the chorus.[4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 8
Canada RPM Top Singles 5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 18
New Zealand (RIANZ)[7] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 6
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[9] 28
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] [12] 64
Canada[13] 48
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 44
U.S. Cash Box[15] 36

References

  1. Web site: Soft Rock Music Songs. AllMusic.
  2. What a Fool Believes Edition. Hit Parade Music History and Music Trivia. Slate. Molanphy. Chris. July 31, 2021. February 22, 2024.
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
  4. Web site: CG: pablo cruise . Robert Christgau . 2016-10-13.
  5. Web site: Australian Chart Book . Austchartbook.com.au . 2016-10-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305064644/http://www.austchartbook.com.au/ . 2016-03-05 .
  6. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1978-08-19 . 2021-08-07.
  7. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20rianz&qartistid=1118#n_view_location NZ Top 40 Singles, 26 November 1978
  8. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
  9. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 182.
  10. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 8/26/78 . Tropicalglen.com . 1978-08-26 . 2016-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150517061528/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780826.html . 2015-05-17 . dead .
  11. Web site: Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 8 January 2022.
  12. Web site: Steffen Hung . Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) . Australian-charts.com . 2016-10-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 . 2014-10-06 .
  13. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013. 2016-10-13.
  14. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978 . Musicoutfitters.com . 2016-10-13.
  15. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1978 . Tropicalglen.com . 1978-12-30 . 2016-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929211008/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html . 2018-09-29 . dead .