We're in This Love Together

"We're in This Love Together"
Single by Al Jarreau
from the album Breakin' Away
B-side "Alonzo"
Released July 1981
Format 7" single
Genre Soul, jazz
Length 3:44
Label Warner Brothers
Songwriter(s) Roger Murrah, Keith Stegall
Producer(s) Jay Graydon
Al Jarreau singles chronology
"We're in This Love Together"
(1981)		 "Breakin' Away"
(1981)

"We're in This Love Together"
(1981)		 "Breakin' Away"
(1981)

"We're in This Love Together" is a 1981 hit song by Al Jarreau. It was the first of three single releases from his fifth studio album, Breakin' Away. The song was his first and biggest chart hit.

In the US, the song spent 24 weeks on the pop charts, reaching number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the Cash Box Top 100.[1] It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number six in the US and number one in Canada.[2]

The song describes the precious and enduring quality of romantic love: "Like berries on the vine, it gets sweeter all the time." Other symbols used include a favorite song, a diamond ring, and candlelight on a rainy night.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981-82) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[3] 42
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 1
New Zealand[5] 24
UK (Official Charts Company) 55
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 15
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 6
US Billboard R&B[7] 6
US Cash Box Top 100[8] 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Rank
US Cash Box Top 100[9] 93

References

  1. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 31, 1981
  2. ↑ "Item Display - RPM Adult Contemporary - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM 50 Singles - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  4. ↑ "Item Display - RPM Adult Contemporary - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-12.
  5. ↑ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 25 April 1982
  6. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research.
  8. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 31, 1981
  9. ↑ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1981
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