Love Will Save the Day explained

Love Will Save the Day
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Type:single
Artist:Whitney Houston
Album:Whitney
B-Side:How Will I Know
Released:May 1988
Recorded:1986–1987
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Length:5:25 (album version)
4:22 (single version)
Label:Arista
Producer:John "Jellybean" Benitez
Prev Title:Where Do Broken Hearts Go
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:One Moment in Time
Next Year:1988

"Love Will Save the Day" is a song recorded by American singer Whitney Houston from her second multi-platinum studio album Whitney (1987). The song was released in May 1988 by Arista Records as the album's fifth single. The song did not have a music video but still was successful, climbing into the US Top Ten. "Love Will Save the Day" is the fastest-tempoed song on the album Whitney. Written by Toni C, produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez, it is one of the uptempo singles on the album that also included "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and "So Emotional."

Critical reception

Los Angeles Times editor Robert Hilburn described the song as a "hollow dance track that tries to mix social comment with dance-floor vigor."[2] Rolling Stone's Vince Alleti wrote: "Jellybean clicks neatly with "Love Will Save the Day," the only song to even remotely acknowledge the problems of the world at large and the most vivaciously percussive track on the record."[3] Whitney fanpage described this song as Latin influenced, sparkling song.[4] St. Petersburg Times editors Eric Snider and Annelise Wamsley described Love Will Save the Day: "a unique tune on an extremely mainstream album. Its lively Afro-Cuban flavor, driven by a wall of clattering percussion, is truly joyous."[5]

Chart performance

At this time, Whitney Houston had achieved a record-breaking string of seven consecutive number-one hits, with four of those #1's from her current album "Whitney". "Love Will Save the Day" did not become Houston's eighth consecutive number one, but continued her trend of hit singles by peaking in the US Top 10. The song also made the Top 10 without an accompanying music video.

The song remained in the Top 40 for 11 weeks, and reached #5 on the US R&B Chart, and #1 on the Hot Club/Dance Play Tracks. On the Billboard Singles chart, the song debuted at #52 on the July 2, 1988 issue, after five weeks it reached and peaked at #9 staying there for two weeks and staying on the top 10 of the chart for four weeks, the single remained on the chart for ten weeks.[6]

In the Netherlands, it reached number 6, #10 in the United Kingdom, and the Top 20 in Switzerland.

After her death in 2012, Entertainment Weekly would rank the song #20 on its list Whitney Houston: Her 25 Best Songs and stated: "the Miami bass and spicy horns on this high-BPM (beats per minute) dance-pop workout pointed to Houston's willingness to experiment and evolve."[7]

Track listings and formats

Versions

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988–1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[15] 84
Canada Retail Singles (The Record)[16] 40
Poland (LP3)[17] 15
Spain (AFYVE)[18] 9
US Radio & Records CHR/Pop Airplay Chart[19] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[20] 95
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[21] 23
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 59
US Top Black Singles (Billboard)[23] 74
US Top Dance Club Play Singles (Billboard)[24] 13

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Blame It on the Feign Edition. Hit Parade Music History and Music Trivia. Slate. Molanphy. Chris. May 20, 2021. February 11, 2024.
  2. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-01-ca-5509-story.html Album Review : Houston: Commercial Sparkle, Artistic Fizz - Los Angeles Times
  3. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/whitney-19870813 Whitney | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone
  4. Web site: Whitney-Fan.com: Whitney Houston's Music Reviews . 2010-06-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090923123013/http://www.whitney-fan.com/music/reviews/12/39 . 2009-09-23 .
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20121113215627/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/access/50027928.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+14,+1987&author=ERIC+SNIDER%253BANNELISE+WAMSLEY&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&edition=&startpage=2.E&desc=Whitney+pulls+out+another+bag+of+hits+Series:+RECORDS Whitney pulls out another bag of hits Series: RECORDS
  6. Web site: Love will save the day.
  7. Whitney Houston: Her 25 best songs . February 17, 2012 . . July 1, 2015.
  8. Discogs.com, Love Will Save the Day - US 7" Vinyl Single, Single details - Retrieved on November 26, 2008
  9. Discogs.com, Love Will Save the Day - US CD Maxi-Single Promo, Single details - Retrieved on November 26, 2008
  10. Discogs.com, UK 12" vinyl, Single Details - Retrieved on November 26, 2008
  11. Discogs.com, Canada 12" vinyl, Single details - Retrieved on November 26, 2008
  12. Discogs.com, Germany 12" vinyl, Single details - Retrieved on November 26, 2008
  13. Discogs.com, Australia & New Zealand 12" vinyl, Single details - Retrieved on November 26, 2008
  14. Discogs.com, Spain 12" vinyl, Single details - Retrieved on November 26, 2008
  15. Web site: Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received June 17, 2014 . September 16, 2015 . imgur.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129020821/http://i.imgur.com/9AQCjII.jpg . November 29, 2014 .
  16. Book: Lwin, Nanda. Nanda Lwin. 2000. Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide. Music Data Canada. 135. 1-896594-13-1.
  17. Web site: Whitney Houston – dorobek wykonawcy na LP3. LP3. August 9, 2024. pl.
  18. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2. 698.
  19. Web site: Whitney Houston.
  20. Top 100 Singles of '88. RPM. 49. 10. 9. December 24, 1988. March 24, 2019.
  21. Top 25 Dance Singles of '88. RPM. 49. 10. 10. December 24, 1988. March 24, 2019.
  22. Web site: Dutchcharts.nl - Jaaroverzichten - Single 1988 . Dutch . Hung Medien . June 2, 2011.
  23. 1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Black Singles. 100. 52. Y-23. Billboard. June 2, 2021. December 24, 1988. June 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628012030/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-12-24.pdf. live.
  24. 1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Dance Club Play Singles. 100. 52. Y-25. Billboard. June 2, 2021. December 24, 1988. June 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628012030/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-12-24.pdf. live.

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