My Love (Lionel Richie song)

"My Love" is the title of a 1983 hit song by the American singer-songwriter Lionel Richie. It was the third single released off Richie's self-titled debut solo album. The song features harmony backing vocals by country music singer Kenny Rogers.[1] It reached the Top 10 on three notable Billboard magazine charts in the spring of 1983: on the pop chart, the song peaked at # 5;[2] on the adult contemporary chart, the song spent four weeks at # 1;[1] and on the R&B chart, the song topped out at # 6.[1] "My Love" was not among Richie's more successful singles in the United Kingdom, where it only managed # 70 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] In Canada in peaked on the RPM Singles chart at #28.

"My Love"
Single by Lionel Richie
from the album Lionel Richie
B-side"Round and Round"
ReleasedApril 1983
Recorded1982
GenreSoft rock, country pop
Length4:08
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)Lionel Richie
James Anthony Carmichael
Lionel Richie singles chronology
"You Are"
(1983)		 "My Love"
(1983)		 "All Night Long (All Night)"
(1983)

Later, a remake of the song was recorded and included on Richie's 2012 album Tuskegee. The remake features Kenny Chesney.[4]

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1983) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 88

Year-end charts
Year-end chart (1983)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[6] 73

See also

References
  1. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 275.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 528.
  3. Official Charts Company info from Official Charts Company Retrieved on 02.08.09
  4. "Kenny Chesney Reveals He Drunk-Dialed Lionel Richie Asking to Sing on 'Tuskegee'".
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 252. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Talent Almanac 1984: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 95 no. 52. December 24, 1983. p. TA-18.



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