| Real Love | |
| Cover: | Real_Love_-_Doobie_Brothers.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Doobie Brothers |
| Album: | One Step Closer |
| B-Side: | Thank You Love |
| Released: | August 21, 1980[1] |
| Recorded: | 1980 |
| Studio: | Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California |
| Genre: | Pop, soft rock |
| Length: | 4:16 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Ted Templeman |
| Prev Title: | Dependin' on You |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | One Step Closer |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"Real Love" is a hit song by The Doobie Brothers, the first of three singles from their 1980 LP, One Step Closer.
"Real Love" became the greatest hit from the album, reaching No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the fall of the year. It is the group's third highest-charting U.S. single after their two number-one hits, "Black Water" and "What a Fool Believes". The song reached No. 12 in Canada. It was also a Top 20 Adult Contemporary hit in both nations.
Record World said that its "blue-eyed soul and melodic keyboard finesse translate into another multi-format charttopper."[2]
The song became the second of nine songs entitled "Real Love" charting on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 between 1980 and 1996, with the final being the Beatles hit. It is also the second biggest hit with this title, behind Jody Watley's.
| Chart (1980–81) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report)[3] | 53 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles[4] | 12 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] | 15 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 5 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 10 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 7 |
| Chart (1980) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Canada[7] | 84 |
| US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[8] | 49 |
| US Cash Box[9] | 54 |
