Love and Understanding

"Love and Understanding" is a rock song by American singer-actress Cher from her 20th studio album, Love Hurts. Written by Diane Warren, produced by Warren & Guy Roche, it was released as the album's lead single in 1991 for the European and North American market. The B-Side "Trail Of Broken Hearts" appears on the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise film Days of Thunder and is not available on any Cher album.

Promotion and performances

Cher performed the song on the following concert tour:

Love Hurts Tour

Music video

The single spawned a music video that had Cher and her backing band rehearsing the song while interlocking scenes of her in an orange colored wig and her dancers dancing around her are shown.

Critical reception

Allmusic's Joseph McCombs highlighted the song and called it "pleasantly melodic."^[1] Entertainment Weekly editor Jim Farber called it "socially conscious in a way only Hollywood could conceive, tailor-made for one of those publicity-seeking charity functions."^[2]

Track listing

"Love And Understanding" – UK 7" single^[3]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love And Understanding" (Edit)	4:08
2.	"Trail Of Broken Hearts"	4:30

"Love And Understanding" – German CD single^[3]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love And Understanding"	4:08
2.	"Trail Of Broken Hearts"	4:30
3.	"If I Could Turn Back Time"	4:16

"Love And Understanding" – US 12" single^[4]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love And Understanding" (12" Dance Mix)	5:25
2.	"Love And Understanding" (Stringappella Mix)	4:20
3.	"Love And Understanding" (Dub And Understanding Mix)	5:35
4.	"Love And Understanding" (House Of Love Mix)	5:45
5.	"Love And Understanding" (Cher Some Love Dub)	4:10
6.	"Trail Of Broken Hearts"	4:30

"Love And Understanding" – Promo - CD-Maxi single 1^[3]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love And Understanding" (Edit)	4:08
2.	"Love And Understanding"	4:43
3.	"Love And Understanding" (AC Version)	4:38

"Love And Understanding" – Promo - CD-Maxi single 2^[3]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love And Understanding" (12" Extended Dance Mix)	5:25
2.	"Love And Understanding" (12" Edit Dance Mix)	4:40
3.	"Love And Understanding" (House Of Love Mix)	5:45

Personnel

Vocals – Cher
Producer – Diane Warren, Guy Roche
Recorded by - David Thoener, Frank Wolf
Mix engineer - Curt Frasca
Mixed by - David Thoener
The song was recorded at A&M Recording Studios, The Music Grinder and The Complex

Charts

Weekly Charts

Charts (1991)	Peak Position
Australian Singles Chart^[5]	23
Austrian Singles Chart^[5]	6
Belgian Singles Chart	9
Canadian Hot 100	8
Canadian Adult Contemporary Chart^[6]	5
French Singles Chart^[5]	21
German Singles Chart^[7]	20
European Hot 100	23
Irish Singles Chart	7
Dutch Top 40^[8]	9
Dutch Singles Chart^[9]	13
New Zealand Singles Chart^[10]	25
Swedish Singles Chart^[5]	29
Swedish Airplay Chart	6
UK Singles Chart^[11]	10
US Billboard Hot 100	17
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	3
US Cash Box Top 100^[12]	12

Year-end Charts

Country (1991)	Position
Canadian Singles Chart^[13]	93
German Singles Chart^[14]	118
Netherlands Singles Chart^[15]	86

References

↑ Review by Allmusic October 15 2013
↑ Review by Entertainment Weekly Retrieved 15 October 2013
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Love and Understanding Tracklisting". Ultratop.de. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
↑ "Love And Understanding Single".
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Love and Understanding on world charts". Ultratop 50. 1991. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
↑ RPM Official charts Canada
↑ "Cher singles chart". Musicline. Musicline.de. October 23, 2009.
↑ http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=36&jaar=1991
↑ Dutch Singles Chart . Retrieved October 22, 2010.
↑ New Zealand Singles Chart . Retrieved October 22, 2010.
↑ "Love and Understanding" in UK Singles Chart . Retrieved October 31, 2010.
↑ "Cash Box 100 Singles chart
↑ RPM chart archives at Collections Canada for the Cher single Love and Understanding.
↑ Dutch Top 40 (1991). "Dutch Top 40; End of year charts". Retrieved 2010-08-27.
↑ German Singles Chart (1991). "German Singles Chart; End of year charts". Retrieved 2010-08-27.

External links

Official website of Cher

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Studio albums	All I Really Want to Do The Sonny Side of Chér Chér With Love, Chér Backstage 3614 Jackson Highway Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Foxy Lady Bittersweet White Light Half-Breed Dark Lady Stars I'd Rather Believe in You Cherished Take Me Home Prisoner I Paralyze Cher Heart of Stone Love Hurts It's a Man's World Believe not.com.mercial Living Proof Closer to the Truth

Compilations	Golden Greats Superpack Vol. 1 and 2 Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: 1965–1992 If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits The Greatest Hits The Very Best of Cher Gold

Soundtracks	Chastity Mermaids Burlesque

Music video releases	The Video Collection The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection

Live releases	Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage Live in Concert Live! The Farewell Tour The Farewell Tour Live at the Mirage

Other video releases	CherFitness: A New Attitude CherFitness: Body Confidence

Concert tours	Take Me Home Tour Heart of Stone Tour Love Hurts Tour Do You Believe? Living Proof: The Farewell Tour Dressed to Kill Tour

Residency shows	Cher Show (at Monte Carlo - 79-81) A Celebration at Caesar's Palace - 81-82 Cher at the Colosseum

Motion pictures	Good Times Chastity Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Silkwood Mask Suspect The Witches of Eastwick Moonstruck Mermaids The Player Prêt-à-Porter Faithful If These Walls Could Talk Tea with Mussolini Stuck on You Burlesque Zookeeper

Documentaries	Dear Mom, Love Cher

Television	The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour Cher The Sonny and Cher Show Cher... Special The X-Files: The Post-Modern Prometheus Super Bowl XXXIII Will & Grace: Gypsies, Tramps and Weed

Theatrical plays	Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Books	The Ugly Duckling (audiobook)

Related music	Sonny Bono Sonny & Cher (discography) Gregg Allman "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" "Be My Baby" Two the Hard Way (with Gregg Allman) Black Rose The Beavis and Butt-head Experience The Glory of Gershwin "Love Can Build a Bridge"

Related tours	Two the Hard Way Tour The Black Rose Show

Related soundtracks	Roller Boogie Foxes Chances Are Days of Thunder

Record companies	Warner Bros. WEA Geffen Columbia Casablanca MCA Kapp Atco Imperial

Related articles	Cher as a gay icon Chaz Bono Elijah Blue Allman Mego Sonny & Cher Toys Uninhibited 9: The Last Resort

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Cher singles

1960s	"All I Really Want to Do" "Where Do You Go" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" "Alfie" "I Feel Something in the Air" "Sunny" "Hey Joe" "You Better Sit Down Kids" "For What It's Worth"

1970s	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" "The Way of Love" "Living in a House Divided" "Don't Hide Your Love" "Am I Blue" "Half-Breed" "Dark Lady" "Train of Thought" "Take Me Home" "Wasn't It Good" "Hell on Wheels"

1980s	"Rudy" "I Paralyze" "I Found Someone" "We All Sleep Alone" "Skin Deep" "Bang Bang" "Main Man" "After All" "If I Could Turn Back Time" "Just Like Jesse James"

1990s	"Heart of Stone" "You Wouldn't Know Love" "Baby I'm Yours" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" "Love and Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" "Could've Been You" "When Lovers Become Strangers" "Oh No Not My Baby" "Whenever You're Near" "Many Rivers to Cross" "Walking in Memphis" "One by One" "Not Enough Love in the World" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "Paradise Is Here" "Believe" "Strong Enough" "All or Nothing" "Dov'è l'amore"

2000s	"The Music's No Good Without You" "Song for the Lonely" "Alive Again" "A Different Kind of Love Song" "When the Money's Gone" "Love One Another"

2010s	"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" "Woman's World" "I Hope You Find It" "Take It Like a Man" "I Walk Alone"

Guest singles	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Dead Ringer for Love" "I Got You Babe" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Love Can Build a Bridge" "Più che puoi" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"

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