Your Love Is King

"Your Love Is King"
Single by Sade
from the album Diamond Life
Released 25 February 1984 (UK)
22 June 1985 (U.S.)
Format 7" single, 12" maxi single
Recorded 1984
Genre Soul, smooth jazz
Length 3:41
Label Epic, Portrait
Writer(s) Sade Adu, Stuart Matthewman
Producer Robin Millar
Sade singles chronology
"Your Love Is King"
(1984)		 "When Am I Going to Make a Living"
(1984)
Sade
(US singles) chronology
"Smooth Operator"
(1985)		 "Your Love Is King"
(1985)		 "The Sweetest Taboo"
(1985)

"Your Love Is King" a song by the English group Sade from their debut album, Diamond Life (1984). It was released in 1984 as the album's lead single and in 1985 as the album's third and final US single. The song became the group's highest-charting hit to date, peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart.

English pop singer Will Young covered the song in 2004 for the soundtrack to Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

The lyric the song takes its title from is referenced on the track "Cupid Boy" by Kylie Minogue, off her eleventh studio album Aphrodite.

Track listings and formats

UK, US, and Dutch 7" single
  • Side A:
  1. "Your Love Is King" – 3:39
  • Side B:
  1. "Love Affair with Life" (recorded live) – 4:35
UK and Dutch 12" maxi single
  • Side A:
  1. "Your Love Is King" – 3:58
  • Side B:
  1. "Smooth Operator"/"Snake Bite" – 7:28
  2. "Love Affair with Life" (recorded live) – 4:35

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[1] 7
UK Singles Chart[2] 6
Chart (1985) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 54
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[3] 35
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[3] 8

References

  1. ^ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 
  2. ^ "Chart Stats – Sade – Your Love Is King". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=11394. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 
  3. ^ a b c "Sade > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5337. Retrieved 2009-01-08. 
Sade
Sade Adu · Stuart Matthewman · Paul Spencer Denman · Andrew Hale · Paul Anthony Cook
Studio albums
Other albums
Singles
"Your Love Is King" · "When Am I Going to Make a Living" · "Hang on to Your Love" · "Smooth Operator" · "The Sweetest Taboo" · " Never as Good as the First Time" · "Is It a Crime" · "Love Is Stronger Than Pride" · "Paradise" · "Nothing Can Come Between Us" · "Turn My Back on You" · "No Ordinary Love" · "Feel No Pain" · "Kiss of Life" · "Cherish the Day" · "Pearls" · "By Your Side" · "King of Sorrow" · "Lovers Rock" · "Somebody Already Broke My Heart" (Live) · "Soldier of Love" · "Babyfather" · "The Moon and the Sky" · "Still in Love with You"
Concert tours
1984 Tour (1984) · Promise Tour (1985-86) · Sade in Concert (1988-89) · Love Deluxe World Tour (1993) · Lovers Rock Tour (2001) · Sade Live (2011)
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