"Love Will Conquer All" is a track from Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie

Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...

's 1986 album "Dancing on the Ceiling

Dancing on the Ceiling

Dancing on the Ceiling is Lionel Richie's third album, which was released on July 15, 1986. The title cut was the second biggest single from the album, reaching #1 in the U.S. and #7 in the UK...

". The song was written by Richie along with Greg Phillinganes

Greg Phillinganes

Greg Phillinganes is an active session keyboardist in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of Cass Technical High School, Detroit Michigan....

 and Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil

Cynthia Weil is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann....

. "Love Will Conquer All" was Richie's tenth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single spent two weeks at number one and peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. "Love Will Conquer All" also went to number two for two weeks on the soul chart .

Music video

At the beginning of the music video is Lionel Richie au and then a woman writes a letter that Richie is going to read. He then wants to call the woman and before she answers the phone, he hangs up. Then he wants to go to the woman, he sails under the Golden Gate Bridge and a fadeout is Richie's route displayed on a map. While Richie makes on the way, the woman grabs her bag and takes also with a picture of Lionel Richie. Late in the evening it is raining and Richie start again in a phone booth to call a test, the woman who does not succeed again. When the woman is about to leave her house, Richie comes on time and at the end to kiss both.

Charts

Chart (1986/87)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	71
Dutch Top 40	24
New Zealand Singles Chart	24
UK Singles Chart	45
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	1