Thin Line Between Love and Hate

"Thin Line Between Love and Hate"

A-side label of U.S. vinyl single
Single by The Persuaders
from the album Thin Line Between Love and Hate
B-side "Thigh Spy"
Released August 1971
Format 7" (45 rpm)
Genre R&B
Length 3:16
Label Atco Records
Songwriter(s) Richard Poindexter
Robert Poindexter
Jackie Members
Producer(s) Richard Poindexter
Robert Poindexter

"Thin Line Between Love and Hate" is the title of a 1971 song by the New York City-based R&B vocal group The Persuaders. The song was written and produced by the Poindexter brothers, Robert and Richard, and was also co-written by Jackie Members.

This was the group's biggest hit song, spending two weeks atop the Billboard R&B chart in late 1971. It also reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was a certified Gold Record by the RIAA.[1]

Cover versions

The song has been covered or sampled by many musical acts.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 488.
  2. UK Singles Chart info Chartstats.com. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
  3. Song lyrics as printed in the 2007 re-release of Learning to Crawl.
Preceded by
"Make It Funky" Part 1 by James Brown
Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles number-one single
October 2–9, 1971
Succeeded by
"Trapped By a Thing Called Love" by Denise LaSalle
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