My Love (Lionel Richie song)

"My Love"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Lionel Richie
A-side My Love
B-side Round and Round
Released 1983
Format 7" (45 rpm)
Recorded 1982
Genre Soft rock, R&B
Length 4:08
Label Motown
Writer(s) Lionel Richie
Producer Lionel Richie
James Anthony Carmichael
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"You Are"
(1983)		 "My Love"
(1983)		 "All Night Long (All Night)"
(1983)

"My Love" is the title of a 1983 hit song by the American R&B / pop music singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. It was the third single released off Richie's self-titled debut solo album. The song features harmony backing vocals by country music singer Kenny Rogers.[1] It reached the Top 10 on three notable Billboard magazine charts in the spring of 1983: on the pop chart, the song peaked at # 5;[2] on the adult contemporary chart, the song spent four weeks at # 1;[1] and on the R&B chart, the song topped out at # 6.[1] "My Love" was not among Richie's more successful singles in the United Kingdom, where it managed # 70 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 275.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 528.
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart info from chartstats.com Retrieved on 02.08.09
Lionel Richie
Studio albums

Lionel Richie (1982) · Can't Slow Down (1983) · Dancing on the Ceiling (1986) · Louder Than Words (1996) · Time (1998) · Renaissance (2000) · Just for You (2004) · Coming Home (2006) · Just Go (2009) · Tuskegee (2012)
Live albums

Encore (2002) · Live in Paris (2007) · Live - His Greatest Hits and More (2007)
Compilation albums

Back to Front (1992) · Truly: The Love Songs (1997) · Gold (2006) · Soul Legends (2006) · Sounds of the Season (2006) · The Definitive Collection (2007) · Symphonica in Rosso (2008)
Singles

"Endless Love" (with Diana Ross) (1981) · "Truly" (1982) · "You Are" (1983) · "My Love" (1983) · "All Night Long (All Night)" (1983) · "Running with the Night" (1983) · "Hello" (1984) · "Stuck on You" (1984) · "Penny Lover" (1984) · "Say You, Say Me" (1985) · "Dancing on the Ceiling" (1986) · "Love Will Conquer All" (1986) · "Ballerina Girl" (1986) · "Deep River Woman" (1987) · "Do It to Me" (1992) · "My Destiny" (1992) · "I Call It Love" (2006) · "Why" (2006) · "All Around the World" (2007) · "Just Go" (2009)
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