Love Will Save the Day
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- For the 2005 single by musician David Usher, see Love Will Save the Day (2005 song)
| "Love Will Save the Day" | ||
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| Single by Whitney Houston | ||
| from the album Whitney | ||
| Released | July 1988 | |
| Format | CD single Cassette single 7" single |
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| Genre | Pop/Dance | |
| Length | 5:25 | |
| Label | Arista Records | |
| Writer(s) | Toni C. | |
| Producer(s) | Jellybean Benitez | |
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| Whitney Houston singles chronology | ||
| "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" 1988 |
"Love Will Save the Day" 1988 |
"One Moment in Time" 1988 |
"Love Will Save the Day" was the fifth and final single released from Whitney Houston's sophomore album Whitney. The single was released in July 1988.
"Love Will Save the Day" is the fastest song on the album Whitney. Produced by Jellybean Benitez (who has written and produced for Madonna), the song is one of a few uptempo numbers on the album including "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" and "So Emotional".
[edit] Chart information
At this time, Whitney Houston had achieved a record-breaking string of seven number-one hits over the course of three years. "Love Will Save the Day" failed to become Houston's eighth consecutive number one, peaking at number nine. The song failed to reach the top position on either the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales or Hot 100 Airplay; it was her first single not to top either chart since 1985's "You Give Good Love". The number nine peak of "Love Will Save the Day" was Houston's lowest solo peak up to this time. No music video was made for the song.[citation needed]
The song remained in the top forty for only eleven weeks, the shortest time for one of Houston's singles. On other Billboard charts, the song reaching fifth place on the R&B Chart, and tenth on the Adult Contemporary Charts, Houston's weakest showings at the time. The song, however, did reach number one on the Hot Club/Dance Play Tracks.
Internationally, the song did less than well, making the top ten only in the United Kingdom, but eighteen in Switzerland, thirty-seven in Germany, and completely flopping in Australia, not making even the top seventy-five (number seventy-seven), but is considered a bigger global hit than "Where Do Broken Hearts Go".
[edit] Charts
"Love Will Save the Day" remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for thirteen weeks. It was Houston's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot Club/Dance Play Charts
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales | 8 |
| 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 9 |
| 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 5 |
| 1988 | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts | 10 |
| 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot Club/Dance Play Charts | 1 |
| 1988 | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 13 |
| 1988 | UK Singles Chart | 10 |
| 1988 | Australian Singles Chart | 77 |
| 1988 | German Singles Chart | 37 |
| 1988 | Swiss Singles Chart | 18 |
