You Got the Love (Rufus song)

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“You Got the Love”
Single by Rufus
from the album Rags to Rufus
Released 1974
Genre R&B
Length 4:38
Label ABC
Writer(s) Chaka Khan, Ray Parker, Jr.
Rufus singles chronology
"Tell Me Something Good"
(1974)
"You Got the Love"
(1974)
"Once You Get Started"
(1975)



"You Got the Love" was a hit song for the funk band Rufus. It was written by Ray Parker Jr. and Chaka Khan. Released from the Rags to Rufus album, it spent one week at number 1 on the Hot Soul Singles chart in 1974. It also peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.



[edit] Chart positions

Charts Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1
Preceded by
"I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" by Gladys Knight & the Pips
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single
December 14, 1974
Succeeded by
"She's Gone" by Tavares