| Sweet Love | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Commodores |
| Album: | Movin' On |
| B-Side: | Better Never Than Forever |
| Released: | 25 November 1975 (US)[1] |
| Recorded: | 1975 |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 3:20 |
| Label: | Motown |
| Composer: | Lionel Richie |
| Producer: | James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores |
| Prev Title: | This Is Your Life |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Just to Be Close to You |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
"Sweet Love" is a soul/R&B ballad written by Lionel Richie and recorded by American R&B vocal group Commodores.
It became their first Top 10 pop hit in the US, where the single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100[4] and number two on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in 1976, while in the UK, it reached number 32, becoming their second Top 40 hit.
"Sweet Love " was a ballad that heralded a move away from their initial stone cold funk sound.The six-minute album version is noted for Richie's half-sung, half-spoken recitation before the song's refrain repeats to the fade out.
Cash Box said that it has "close, colorful, harmonious vocal lines and smooth, flowing musical arrangement."[5]
| Chart (1976) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6] | 32 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 5 | |
| US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[7] | 2 |
. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 130.