Loverboy is a Canadian
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
group formed in 1980 in
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,
AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....
,
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. Throughout the 1980s, the band accumulated numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States, earning four multi-platinum albums and selling millions of records. After being rejected by many American
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s they signed with
Columbia/CBS Records CanadaColumbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers,...
and began recording their first album March 20, 1980 with
Mike RenoMike Reno , born January 8, 1955 in New Westminster, British Columbia is a Canadian musician, drummer, and lead singer of the rock band Loverboy. He has also fronted other bands, including Moxy....
on lead vocals,
Paul DeanPaul Dean is the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy which reached huge fame in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
as the guitarist,
Scott SmithDonald Scott Smith , born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the original bassist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy, best known for their hit singles "Working for the Weekend" and "Turn Me Loose", although their U.S...
as the bassist, Doug Johnson on keyboards and Matt Frenette on drums. The band's hit singles, particularly "Turn Me Loose" and "
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
", have become
arena rockArena rock is a loosely defined term describing a generation of rock music. It was established by heavy metal, hard rock and progressive rock bands in the 1970s...
staples and are still heard on many
classic rockClassic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock format in the early-1980s...
radio stations across the United States and Canada. They are currently based in
VancouverVancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...
,
British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
.
Beginnings
The band got its start in
CalgaryCalgary is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada.The Calgary census metropolitan area is the third most diverse in Canada in terms of visible minorities after Toronto and Vancouver when considering only CMAs with population greater than 200,000...
,
AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....
,
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
when Mike Reno (formerly of the band
MoxyMoxy was a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1974, from previous members of the rock group, Leigh Ashford — which included singer Douglas "Buzz" Shearman Earl Johnson , Bill Wade Moxy was a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Toronto, Ontario...
) was introduced to Paul Dean (formerly of the band
StreetheartStreetheart is a Canadian rock band, originally from Regina, Saskatchewan. Their best known songs include "Action", "What Kind of Love is This", "One More Time" and their version of "Under My Thumb".-Biography:...
) at the Refinery Night Club. Dean was rehearsing a new band in a warehouse with a friend of Reno's and Mike had stopped by to jam. Over the next few weeks Reno and Dean wrote songs together on guitar and drums. Meanwhile, Doug Johnson, who was working with another band at the time, joined the band and Loverboy was born.
1980 to 1989
Originally rejected by all the major record labels in the United States the band signed with
Columbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers,...
of Canada to help meet Canadian content laws. On March 20, 1980 Loverboy went into the studio with producer
Bruce FairbairnBruce Earl Fairbairn was a Canadian rock music producer who was prominent during the 1980s and 1990s. His style was notable for the introduction of dynamic horn arrangements in the context of hard rock bands such as AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Loverboy.-Early career:Fairbairn was...
and engineer
Bob RockRobert Jens Rock, , is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer.-Music career with Payola$ and Rock and Hyde:...
to record what would be their
self-titled debut albumLoverboy was the hit debut album released by the rock band Loverboy in 1980. The album was originally refused by the United States Columbia Records, but after its huge success when Columbia Records Canada produced it, they decided to sign a deal....
.
Over that summer the record became a huge hit with over 700,000 records sold in Canada alone. At that point
Columbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers,...
of the United States saw the success of the album and decided to sign the band for a release in the U.S. The album made its American debut in November 1980 and would go on to sell two million copies. The band went on a touring spree that year putting on over 200 shows with bands such as
Cheap TrickCheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1974. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
,
ZZ TopZZ Top is an American rock trio, formed in late 1969 in Houston, Texas, by Billy Gibbons , Dusty Hill , and Frank Beard...
,
KansasKansas is an American rock band which became popular in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind". They have remained a classic rock radio staple and a popular touring act in North America and Europe....
and
Def LeppardDef Leppard are an English rock band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands throughout the 1980s, selling over 65 million albums...
.
The band's follow-up album,
Get Lucky, released in 1981 when they were opening for
JourneyJourney is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California with former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases, but its strongest commercial success came in the late 1970s to the early 1980s...
, included the hit tracks "
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
" and "When It's Over". It became their best selling album in the U.S., reaching #7 on the
BillboardBillboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
album charts and selling over four million copies. In the same year Loverboy received six
Juno AwardThe Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
s (Canada's highest award for music) in one year, a record that still stands today. The band would later receive an additional three Juno Awards, bringing their total to nine, which is the most received by a single group or individual.
Loverboy released their third album,
Keep It UpKeep it Up was the third album released by the rock band Loverboy in 1983. With new hit tracks like "Hot Girls in Love", the album became an instant hit, and reached #7 on the charts, as did the previous album released by the band.- Track listing :...
, in 1983. Its first single "
Hot Girls in Love"Hot Girls in Love" is a song recorded by the rock band Loverboy. It appeared in 1983 on their third album, Keep it Up. When released as a single later that year, it reached #11 on the billboard charts and #2 on the mainstream rock charts....
" became their most successful to that date, reaching #11 on the U.S. charts. The video for the song as well as for the follow-up single "Queen of the Broken Hearts" were hugely popular on MTV, and the band embarked on its first tour as headliners.
In 1984 Loverboy recorded the United States Team theme for the 1984 Summer Olympics, "Nothing's Gonna Stop You Now". The song appeared only on The Official Music of the 1984 Games not on any of their albums or compilations. They would often play it on tour mixing it in during the performance of "Queen of the Broken Hearts".
Lovin' Every Minute of ItLovin' Every Minute of It was an album released in 1985 by the rock band Loverboy. The album became a hit thanks to the title track. It went double platinum, the last album of the band's to do so.- Track listing :...
, the band's fourth album and the first not produced by Fairbairn (it was produced by
Tom AllomTom Allom is an English sound engineer and record producer, mainly active in the 1970s and 1980s. Allom is known for his work on seminal albums by Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard, KIX, and Rough Cutt.-Black Sabbath:* 1970 - Black Sabbath...
, best known for producing
Judas PriestJudas Priest are an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1969. Judas Priest's core line-up consists of bass player Ian Hill, vocalist Rob Halford and guitarists Glenn Tipton and K. K. Downing. The band has gone through several drummers, though Scott Travis has held the position since...
) was released in 1985, with the title single written by Mutt Lange and "This Could Be The Night" co-written by
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's
John CainJohn Cain may refer to:* John Cain , 34th Premier of Victoria, Australia* John Cain II , 41st Premier of Victoria, Australia* John J. Cain , American mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey, 1910–1912...
becoming their first U.S.
BillboardBillboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
top 10 hits respectively. In 1986 the band recorded "
Heaven In Your Eyes"Heaven in Your Eyes" was a single released in 1986 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, for the Top Gun soundtrack. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation Big Ones. The power ballad reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S.The song was originally written by Mae Moore...
", a song featured in the movie
Top GunTop Gun is a 1986 movie that was directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, in association with the Paramount Pictures company...
, which peaked at #12 on the Billboard charts. However, Doug Johnson refused to appear in the video as he felt that the film glorified war.
The 1987 release of
WildsideWildside was an album released in 1987 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. This was the first album that the band had released that did not go platinum, signaling a general decline in the band's success.- Track listing :...
followed. While the band scored a minor hit with "Notorious", co-written by
Jon Bon JoviJohn Francis Bongiovi, Jr. , better known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead singer and founder of rock band Bon Jovi. He was also the owner of the Philadelphia Soul of the now suspended Arena Football League...
and
Richie SamboraRichard "Richie" Stephen Sambora , is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer/ songwriter who is the longtime lead guitarist of the popular rock band Bon Jovi. Along with frontman Jon Bon Jovi, he forms the primary songwriting unit of the band...
, the album sold relatively poorly and the band broke up in 1988 due to the departure of Johnson and creative and personal differences between Dean and Reno. A greatest-hits album,
Big OnesBig Ones was an album released in 1989 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the band's first compilation, including hit tracks such as "Working for the Weekend" and "Lovin' Every Minute of it"...
, was released in 1989 to fulfill Loverboy's obligation to
Columbia RecordsColumbia Records is an American record label founded in 1888.Columbia is the oldest surviving brand name in pre-recorded sound, being the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Columbia Records went on to release records by an array of notable singers,...
. The group briefly reunited in late 1989 to tour to promote it (with Geraldo Valentino Dominelli on keyboards in Johnson's place) but broke up again at the tour's conclusion.
1992 to 2004
In 1991, the band re-united to join fellow rockers
Bryan AdamsBryan Adams, OC, OBC is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and photographer. Adams was first nominated at the 28th Grammy Awards for Reckless and "It's Only Love" and won the Grammy and in 1992 won the award for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media"...
and
Bon JoviBon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , Bon Jovi formed in 1983 with guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, bassist Alec John Such and drummer Tico Torres. Other than the departure of Alec John Such in 1994 and...
to help raise money for a friend and fellow recording artist
Brian MacLeodBrian "Too Loud" MacLeod was a Canadian musician, songwriter and music producer, best known as a member of the bands Chilliwack and The Headpins....
of
ChilliwackChilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. They are perhaps best remembered for their three biggest songs "My Girl ", "I Believe" and "Whatcha Gonna Do." The band's lineup has changed numerous times, though Bill Henderson has constantly remained a...
who was fighting cancer. The band reportedly recalled that the concert was the most fun that they had had in years and decided that they wanted to do it again. The band went on another live touring spree in Canada the following year before launching a 64-concert tour in the United States in 1993. The band's record label released their second and third compilation albums,
Loverboy ClassicsLoverboy Classics was a compilation album by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, released on October 11, 1994. The album covered more ground than the previous compilation album released five years prior, and outsold it by far as well...
and
Temperature's RisingTemperature's Rising was an album released in 1995 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the third compilation by the band, but this particular compilation aimed at the more rarely heard songs by the band, and the minor hits that the previous compilations did not cover...
, in 1994.
Loverboy Classics went Gold in 1998, coinciding with another American tour. During this time Doug Johnson was not with the band; former
TrooperTrooper may refer to:* Trooper , a Canadian rock band* Trooper , a Romanian heavy metal band* Trooper , a military private rank* Trooper , a rank used by some state police agencies in the United States...
keyboardist Richard Sera replaced him. Following the releases of
SixSix was an album released by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. Released in 1997, it was the band's first album with new material since 1987.- Track listing :#"Big Picture" - 6:19#"Love of Money" - 4:01...
and
Super Hits in 1997, the band continued touring (Johnson rejoined the band in 2000) until November 30, 2000, when bassist
Scott SmithDonald Scott Smith , born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was the original bassist for the Canadian rock band Loverboy, best known for their hit singles "Working for the Weekend" and "Turn Me Loose", although their U.S...
was declared dead after being lost at sea. The band went on to release their first live album,
Live, Loud and LooseLive, Loud and Loose was an album released by the rock band Loverboy in 2001. After the death of their good friend and bassist Scott Smith, the band decided to release their first live album. This album contains refurbished recorded live tracks from the band's intense touring days from 1982 to 1986...
in 2001, which consisted of refurbished early live concert recordings from the band's intense touring years from 1982 to 1986. 2001 also brought another round of touring, this time dedicated to their late band member Scott Smith.
2005–present
Loverboy celebrated 25 years together in 2005, and began to perform in selected cities to commemorate this milestone. That tour continued with live concerts scheduled well into August 2006. Also in 2005, Loverboy was one of the featured bands on the American version of
Hit Me Baby One More Time. They performed "
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
" and a cover version of "
Hero"Hero" is a single released by Enrique Iglesias from his second English album Escape and was written for his good friend Simon Baxendale.Enrique first released the song to radio in November 2001 to a positive critical and commercial reception...
" by
Enrique IglesiasEnrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler , better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer, songwriter and actor....
on the show. Currently the band features all the original members save for Scott Smith, who is replaced on bass by
Ken SinnaeveKen "Spider" Sinnaeve is a Canadian musician, best known for playing bass with Tom Cochrane and Cochrane's earlier band Red Rider.He was a founding member of the band Streetheart prior to playing with Cochrane, making amongst others a live cover of Under my Thumb.Other credits include recording...
(a former member of Dean and Frenette's pre-Loverboy band
StreetheartStreetheart is a Canadian rock band, originally from Regina, Saskatchewan. Their best known songs include "Action", "What Kind of Love is This", "One More Time" and their version of "Under My Thumb".-Biography:...
).
In 2006, twenty-five years after its initial release,
Get Lucky was remastered and re-released with several previously unreleased songs, including the original demo of
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
.
In a video interview from March 2007, lead singer Mike Reno confirmed that the band has finished recording a new studio album and are planning on releasing it in 2007. The new album is titled
Just Getting Started and was released in October, with a clip of the first single "The One That Got Away" available on the band's MySpace page. The band continues to tour throughout the U.S..
The band was inducted into the
Canadian Music Hall of FameThe Canadian Music Hall of Fame honors Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements in music. The ceremony is held each year as part of the Juno Award ceremonies. Members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame represent many of the world's great talents. It is also referred to as the Juno Hall of...
during the
2009 Juno AwardsThe Juno Awards of 2009 honoured music industry achievements in Canada in the latter part of 2007 and in most of 2008. These ceremonies were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during the weekend ending 29 March 2009....
.
Media references
In 1990, Loverboy's "
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
" was featured in an extremely popular
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sketch involving
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and
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auditioning to be
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. The song was also featured in the 2002 videogame
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, playing on
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station
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and also featured in the 2001 comedy film
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. Several of their songs were featured in the 2001 cult comedy
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, which takes place in August 1981. In 2006 "Turn Me Loose" was featured in the action movie
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starring
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.
The song also made a brief appearance in the movie
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.
An early episode of
South ParkSouth Park is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become infamous for its crude, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
(
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) made multiple references to a fictional Loverboy song, "Pig and Elephant DNA Just Won't Splice."
In
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's episode
Revenge of the Mooninites-Plot:The Mooninites return once again, keeping their focus on the impressionable Meatwad. Meatwad merely wanted to acquire enough Harvest Time tickets in order to win a bicycle, while the Mooninites may have offered to help him, they have very different plans for the ticket exchange...
, Err uses the "
ForeignerForeigner is an English rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones, ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald, and American vocalist Lou Gramm...
belt" to "Turn Master Shake Loose" to "Hot Girls in Love" because he's "Working for the Weekend". When it didn't work, it was revealed that "those are Loverboy songs, and Loverboy has always sucked." (although Carl said that he saw them at the
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in 1985 and they "kicked ass".)
In Saint's Row 2, Loverboy's "
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
" was included in the game on the radio station "The Mix" which featured all popular 80's songs.
In Shaun White Snowboarding, Loverboy's "
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
" is a track played during gameplay.
Loverboy's hit "
Working for the Weekend"Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
" was the background music to a "
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" television commercial in which a man is asked what else he would like to experience that is youthful, and he chooses his old van from the 1980s.
"The Kid is Hot Tonight" is featured on the soundtrack of Mlb 2k9 by
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.
In an episode of
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, Brad Sherwood remarks to a character called 'Hover-boy', "I loved your album Get Lucky!"
In an episode of
The Golden GirlsThe Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a Miami, Florida home...
, one of Blanche's former male friends claims his name is "Loverboy."
Albums
| Year |
Album |
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| 1980 |
Loverboy Loverboy was the hit debut album released by the rock band Loverboy in 1980. The album was originally refused by the United States Columbia Records, but after its huge success when Columbia Records Canada produced it, they decided to sign a deal....
|
5xPlatinum |
2xPlatinum |
| 1981 |
Get Lucky |
3xPlatinum |
4xPlatinum |
| 1983 |
Keep It Up Keep it Up was the third album released by the rock band Loverboy in 1983. With new hit tracks like "Hot Girls in Love", the album became an instant hit, and reached #7 on the charts, as did the previous album released by the band.- Track listing :...
|
2xPlatinum |
2xPlatinum |
| 1985 |
Lovin' Every Minute of It Lovin' Every Minute of It was an album released in 1985 by the rock band Loverboy. The album became a hit thanks to the title track. It went double platinum, the last album of the band's to do so.- Track listing :...
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— |
2xPlatinum |
| 1987 |
Wildside Wildside was an album released in 1987 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. This was the first album that the band had released that did not go platinum, signaling a general decline in the band's success.- Track listing :...
|
Gold |
Gold |
| 1997 |
Six Six was an album released by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. Released in 1997, it was the band's first album with new material since 1987.- Track listing :#"Big Picture" - 6:19#"Love of Money" - 4:01...
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— |
— |
| 2001 |
Live, Loud and Loose Live, Loud and Loose was an album released by the rock band Loverboy in 2001. After the death of their good friend and bassist Scott Smith, the band decided to release their first live album. This album contains refurbished recorded live tracks from the band's intense touring days from 1982 to 1986...
|
— |
— |
| 2007 |
Just Getting Started Just Getting Started is the latest release by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, released in 2007.-Track listing:#"Just Getting Started"#"Fade to Black"#"One of Them Days"#"Back for More"#"Lost With You"#"I Would Die for You"#"The Real Thing"...
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Singles
| Year |
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US
PopThe 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...
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Rock |
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AdultThe Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 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...
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Australian
ChartsThe Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
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| 1981 |
"Turn Me Loose" |
35 |
6 |
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3 |
| 1981 |
"The Kid Is Hot Tonite" |
55 |
42 |
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| 1981 |
"Working for the Weekend "Working for the Weekend" was a song released in 1981 on the rock band Loverboy's second album Get Lucky. The song contained more of a pop feel than the other songs that the band produced, but this new sound proved to generate a lot of success, as the song reached #29 on the pop singles charts, and...
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29 |
2 |
— |
16 |
| 1982 |
"When It's Over" |
26 |
21 |
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| 1982 |
"Jump" |
101 |
— |
— |
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| 1983 |
"Hot Girls in Love "Hot Girls in Love" is a song recorded by the rock band Loverboy. It appeared in 1983 on their third album, Keep it Up. When released as a single later that year, it reached #11 on the billboard charts and #2 on the mainstream rock charts....
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11 |
2 |
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| 1983 |
"Queen of the Broken Hearts Queen of the Broken Hearts was a song released on the Canadian rock band Loverboy's album titled Keep it Up in 1983. The band released as a single later that year, and it reached #34 on the charts...
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34 |
11 |
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| 1985 |
"Lovin' Every Minute of It "Lovin' Every Minute of it" was a song released in 1985 on the Canadian rock band Loverboy's album of the same title. The song reached #9 when released as a single later that year. It was written by Robert John "Mutt" Lange....
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9 |
3 |
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— |
| 1985 |
"Dangerous" |
65 |
23 |
— |
— |
| 1986 |
"This Could Be The Night" |
10 |
9 |
30 |
— |
| 1986 |
"Lead A Double Life "Lead a Double Life" was a song released in 1985 on the Canadian rock band Loverboy's hit album Lovin' Every Minute of it. When released as a single in 1986, it failed to have any major impact on the Billboard charts....
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68 |
— |
— |
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| 1986 |
"Heaven In Your Eyes "Heaven in Your Eyes" was a single released in 1986 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, for the Top Gun soundtrack. It later appeared on Loverboy's 1989 hits compilation Big Ones. The power ballad reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the U.S.The song was originally written by Mae Moore...
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12 |
— |
— |
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| 1987 |
"Notorious" |
38 |
8 |
— |
— |
| 1989 |
"Too Hot" |
84 |
27 |
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Compilations
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CRIA The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of companies that create, manufacture and market sound recordings in Canada. The organization is based in Toronto....
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RIAAThe Recording Industry Association of America is a group which represents the recording industry distributors in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors, which the RIAA say "create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legitimate sound recordings...
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| 1989 |
Big Ones Big Ones was an album released in 1989 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the band's first compilation, including hit tracks such as "Working for the Weekend" and "Lovin' Every Minute of it"...
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| 1994 |
Loverboy Classics Loverboy Classics was a compilation album by the Canadian rock band Loverboy, released on October 11, 1994. The album covered more ground than the previous compilation album released five years prior, and outsold it by far as well...
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Gold |
| 1994 |
Temperature's Rising Temperature's Rising was an album released in 1995 by the Canadian rock band Loverboy. The album was the third compilation by the band, but this particular compilation aimed at the more rarely heard songs by the band, and the minor hits that the previous compilations did not cover...
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| 1997 |
Super Hits |
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| 2003 |
Love Songs |
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| 2005 |
Rock Breakout Years: 1985 |
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| 2006 |
We Are The '80s |
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| 2007 |
Turn Me Loose |
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| 2008 |
Playlist: The Very Best Of Loverboy |
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See also
- Canadian rock
Canadian rock describes a wide and diverse variety of Canadian produced music, starting with American style Rock 'n' Roll in the mid 20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern popular music called rock...
- Music of Canada
The music of Canada has reflected the diverse influences that have shaped the country. aboriginals, the French, and the British have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has subsequently been heavily influenced by American culture because of its proximity...
- List of best-selling music artists
- List of bands from Canada
- Juno Award
The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music...
- :Category:Canadian rock music groups
- List of Canadian musicians
- List of bands from Canada
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