Stop Loving You Explained

Stop Loving You
Cover:Stoplovingyou.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Toto
Album:The Seventh One
B-Side:The Seventh One
Released:February 29, 1988[1]
Recorded:1988
Genre:Progressive pop, arena rock
Length:4:30
Label:Columbia
Producer:Toto

"Stop Loving You" is a song from the rock band Toto from their album The Seventh One. It was released as the first single from the album in Europe, peaking at No. 2 in The Netherlands and Belgium.[2] Jon Anderson is featured on backing vocals.

Music video

A music video was produced for this song showing Joseph Williams kicking furniture and pushing away other objects in a building, displaying his disgust at the loss of a girlfriend. The band together performs in other parts of the video. At the end of the video, a woman calls and asks, "Joseph, are you there?"

Personnel

Toto
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3] 2
Euro Hit 4010
Italian Singles Chart37
Norwegian Singles Chart9
Polish Singles Chart4
Swedish Tracks3
UK Singles Chart96

Year-End Chart

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Dutch Top 406
Belgian VRT Top 3019

Live versions

With original lead vocalist Joseph Williams having left the group not long after the song's recording, lead vocal duties on the song were passed on to Tony Spinner in 2002. Before that many touring members had sung the song on Toto's live concerts.[4] For their live album, Falling in Between Live and final concerts, Toto performed a semi jazz version of the song.

Since Williams's return in 2010, "Stop Loving You" has since appeared on 35th Anniversary Tour and 40 Trips Around the Sun, two live albums released in 2014 and 2018 respectively.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Music Week. 27.
  2. Web site: Stop Loving You.
  3. Web site: Steffen Hung . Toto - Stop Loving You . 2022-08-10.
  4. Web site: Official TOTO Website - TOTO Interviews . www.toto99.com . 2003-07-05 . 2022-08-10.
  5. Web site: 35th Anniversary Tour: Live in Poland - Toto Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic. en-us. 2019-09-04.
  6. Web site: 40 Trips Around the Sun - Toto Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic. en-us. 2019-09-04.