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Love Will Save the Day" was the fifth single by
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singer-songwriter
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from her second multi-platinum studio album
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. The single was released in July 1988 by
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.
"Love Will Save the Day" is the fastest-tempoed song on the album
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At this time, Whitney Houston had achieved a record-breaking string of seven number-one hits, with four of those #1's from her current album "Whitney".
"
Love Will Save the Day" was the fifth single by
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer-songwriter
Whitney HoustonWhitney Elizabeth Houston is an American recording artist, actress, and former fashion model. A relative to several prominent soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick, and godmother Aretha Franklin, Houston began singing at her New Jersey church as a...
from her second multi-platinum studio album
WhitneyWhitney is the second studio album by American pop/R&B singer Whitney Houston, released on June 29, 1987 by Arista Records.-Album details:...
. The single was released in July 1988 by
Arista RecordsArista Records is an American record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
.
"Love Will Save the Day" is the fastest-tempoed song on the album
Whitney. Produced by Jellybean Benitez and featuring Roy Ayers, the song is one of the uptempo numbers on the album that also includes "
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"I Wanna Dance with Somebody " is the first single from Whitney Houston's second studio album Whitney. It was produced by Narada Michael Walden, and written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam of the band Boy Meets Girl, who had previously written the number-one Whitney Houston hit "How Will I...
" and "
So Emotional"So Emotional" is a song recorded by American pop/ R&B singer Whitney Houston. The song was the third single from her second album Whitney, and was released in November 1987....
".
Chart information
At this time, Whitney Houston had achieved a record-breaking string of seven number-one hits, with four of those #1's from her current album "Whitney". "Love Will Save the Day" did not become Houston's eighth consecutive number one, but continued her trend of hit singles by peaking in the US Top 10. The #9 peak on the Hot 100, amazingly, was Houston's lowest solo peak up to this time. The song also made the Top 10 without an accompanying
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.
Houston had stronger performances on the charts prior to this song but it did remain in the top forty for eleven weeks, and reached fifth place on the R&B Chart, and #1 on the Hot Club/Dance Play Tracks.
Internationally, the song mostly saw less success except in the
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, where it went Top 10 and
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, where it went Top 20. It was a moderate hit in
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, making thirty-seven; and was a minor hit in
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, peaking at seventy-seven.
Charts
"Love Will Save the Day" remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for thirteen weeks. It was Houston's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot Club/Dance Play Charts.
| Chart (1988) |
Peak
position |
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|
9 |
| U.S. Billboard Black Singles |
5 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart |
10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
|
1 |
| UK Singles Chart |
10 |
| Australian Singles Chart |
77 |
| German Singles Chart |
37 |
| Swiss Singles Chart |
18 |
Track listings and formats
US 7-inch vinyl
AS 1-9720
- A1: Love Will Save The Day (4:19)
- B1: How Will I Know (4:45)
US CD Maxi-Single Promo
ASCD-9721
- Love Will Save The Day (Single Version) (4:22)
- Love Will Save The Day (Extended Remix) (7:59)
- Dub Will Save The Day (4:59)
- Love Will Save The Day (A Cappella) (5:18)
Europe CD Maxi-Single
661 516
- Love Will Save The Day (Extended Club Mix) (7:59)
- Love Will Save The Day (Single Version) (4:22)
- Hold Me (6:01)
UK 12-inch vinyl
611 516
- A1: Love Will Save The Day (Extended Remix) (6:55)
- B1: Hold Me (Duet) (6:00)
Canada 12-inch vinyl
AD1-9721
- A1: Love Will Save The Day (Extended Remix) (7:58)
- A2: Love Will Save The Day (A Cappella) (5:14)
- B1: Love Will Save The Day (Single Version) (3:50)
- B2: Dub Will Save The Day (4:58)
Germany 12-inch vinyl
611 516
- A1: Love Will Save The Day (Extended Remix) (6:55)
- B1: Hold Me (Duet) (6:00)
Australia & New Zealand 12-inch vinyl
TDS 466
- A1: Love Will Save The Day (Extended Remix) (7:58)
- A2: Love Will Save The Day (A Cappella) (5:14)
- B1: Love Will Save The Day (Single Version) (3:50)
- B2: Love Will Save The Day (Dub Will Save) (4:58)
Spain 12-inch vinyl
611 516
- A1: Love Will Save The Day (Extended Remix) (6:55)
- B1: Hold Me (Duet) (6:00)
Versions
- Extended Remix - 6:55
- Extended Club Mix - 7:58
- A Cappella - 5:14
- Dub Will Save The Day - 4:58
- Jellybean Mix
- The Underground Mix - 7:30
- The Underground Edit - 5:40
- Dub - 5:30
- Instrumental - 5:40
- Radio Single Version - 4:19
Credits
- Arranged by Jack Waldman
Jack Waldman was a jazz and rock musician, composer, producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey....
and Toni C.
- Vocals arranged by Whitney Houston
- Engineered by Doc Dougherty and Michael Hutchinson
- Additional engineering by Dennis McKay
- Executive Producer - Clive Davis
- Mixed by Michael Hutchinson
- Produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez
- Additional production by Ric Wake
- Written by Toni C.