| Love on Arrival | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Dan Seals |
| Album: | On Arrival |
| B-Side: | "Those"[1] |
| Released: | January 1990 |
| Recorded: | August 1989 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 3:51 |
| Label: | Capitol |
| Producer: | Kyle Lehning |
| Prev Title: | They Rage On |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Good Times |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
"Love on Arrival" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. It was released in January 1990 as the lead-off single from his album On Arrival. The song spent three weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that April, making it the longest-running chart-topper of his career.[2]
A 1950s-style rock 'n' roll tune with a prominent saxophone, the singer and his girlfriend communicate using common abbreviations, such as PDQ, TGIF (although here, it means "Thank God I found" you) and TLC. The other abbreviation is "LOA," which is short for the title lyric ("love on arrival"), which the girlfriend promises to her long-absent beau once he arrives home.
| Chart (1990) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 56 | |
| US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 12 |
Bluegrass group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver covered the song on their 2011 album, Drive Time.