And Love Goes On

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"And Love Goes On"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Faces
B-side"Win or Lose (US)" "Faces (UK)"
ReleasedJanuary 1981
Recorded1980
GenreR&B
Length3:38 (single version) 4:05 (album version)
LabelARC/Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Back on the Road"
(1980) 		"And Love Goes On"
(1981) 		"Let's Groove"
(1981)

" And Love Goes On" is a single by the American R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire released in January 1981 by ARC/Columbia Records. The single got to No. 15 on both the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles and UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles charts. And Love Goes On also reached No. 25 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 26 on the Belgian Pop Singles chart.[1][2][3][4][5]

Overview

And Love Goes On was produced by Maurice White. The song was also composed by White, David Foster, Larry Dunn, Brenda Russell and Verdine White.[1]

The

b-side of this single was a song called Win or Lose. Both And Love Goes On and Win or Lose came upon EWF's 1980 studio album Faces.[1]

Critical reception

New Musical Express proclaimed "And Love Goes On is a very good record indeed".[6]
Jason Elias of
Gannett News Service described the tune as "a syrupy love song that's redeemed by its lack of pretension".[8]
Paul Willistein of
Latin midtempo style".[9] Billboard also described the song as an "uptempo track highlighted by a fluid vocal, percussive beat and accumulated with a tasty arrangement".[10]

Chart positions

Year Chart Peak
position
1981 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 15[2]
U.S. Cashbox Top R&B Singles 18[11]
UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles 15[3]
N.L. Dutch Single Top 100 25[4]
B.E. Belgian Singles (Ultratop 50 Singles) 26[5]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 59
U.S. Billboard
Hot Dance Club Play
 57

References

  1. ^ a b c Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On. Columbia Records. January 1981.
  2. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.com.
  3. ^ a b Top British Soul Singles. Blues & Soul. March 24, 1981.
  4. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Dutch Top 40)". dutchcharts.nl.
  5. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Ultratop 50 Singles)". ultratop.be.
  6. New Musical Express
    . February 21, 1981. p. 21.
  7. Allmusic
    .
  8. Gannett News Service. p. 42 – via newspapers.com. {{cite book}}: |newspaper= ignored (help
    )
  9. ^ Willistein, Paul (December 13, 1980). Earth, Wind & Fire: Faces. The Morning Call. p. 67.
  10. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Vol. 93, no. 4. Billboard. January 31, 1981. p. 67.
  11. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On". cashboxmagazine.com. Cashbox. March 21, 1981.
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