Love T.K.O.
| "Love T.K.O." | |
|---|---|
| Single by David Oliver | |
| from the album Here's To You | |
| Released | 1980 |
| Format | 7" single b- side of My Lady Mercury 45-76067 |
| Recorded | 1980 |
| Genre | Soul, Quiet Storm |
| Length | 4:36 |
| Label | Mercury |
| Writer(s) |
Cecil Womack Linda Womack Eddie Noble |
| Producer(s) | Wayne Henderson |
| "Love T.K.O." | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Teddy Pendergrass | ||||
| from the album TP | ||||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Format | cassette single, 12-inch single | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Soul, Quiet Storm | |||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
| Label | Philadelphia International Records | |||
| Writer(s) |
Cecil Womack Linda Womack Eddie Noble | |||
| Producer(s) | Dexter Wansel, Cecil Womack, Cynthia Biggs | |||
| Teddy Pendergrass singles chronology | ||||
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"Love T.K.O." is a song written by Cecil & Linda Womack for soul singer David Oliver appearing first on the Oliver album 'Here's To You'
However it is mainly associated with R&B and soul artist Teddy Pendergrass,who released it as a single after it had appeared on his 1980 album, TP. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It has been covered by several artists, including Deborah Harry, Regina Belle, Hall & Oates, Bette Midler, Boz Scaggs, Lambchop, Michael McDonald and Seal.[1] Cecil & Linda Womack recorded the song themselves as Womack & Womack and it appeared simply as "T.K.O." on their debut album Love Wars in 1983.
In 2006, the song was featured in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, on fictional radio station VCFL. It was also used in 2005 video game Fahrenheit (aka Indigo Prophecy). DJ Spooky referenced the song in his essay entitled "Groove Theory" in URB. Artist Ahmad Lewis used the melody for a remix of his 1994 song, "Back in the Day" (Ahmad song) from his self-titled album Ahmad. In 1995, R&B group Xscape would sample it for their remix of Who Can I Run To. The song was sampled also by Kenny Lattimore and Total.