Your Love Is King

"Your Love Is King"
Single by Sade
from the album Diamond Life
B-side "Love Affair with Life"
Released 25 February 1984 (UK)
22 June 1985 (U.S.)
Format
Recorded 1983
Genre
Length 3:41
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Robin Millar
Sade singles chronology
"Your Love Is King"
(1984)		 "When Am I Going to Make a Living"
(1984)

"Your Love Is King"
(1984)		 "When Am I Going to Make a Living"
(1984)
Sade
(US singles) singles chronology
"Smooth Operator"
(1985) Smooth Operator1985		 "Your Love Is King"
(1985) Your Love Is King1985		 "The Sweetest Taboo"
(1985) The Sweetest Taboo1985
Music video
"Your Love Is King" on YouTube

"Your Love Is King" is a song by English band Sade from their debut album, Diamond Life (1984). It was released in the UK on 25 February 1984 as the album's lead single, and in the US on 22 June 1985 as the album's third US single.

The song became the group's highest-charting hit to-date on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number six. In the US, it reached number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 35 on the Hot Black Singles chart, and peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. The B-sides of the 12" single were used on cassette versions of Diamond Life, with the extended "Smooth Operator/Snake Bite" replacing the original.

English pop singer Will Young produced a cover song of the single for the soundtrack, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004).

Track listings

  • UK, US, and Dutch 7" single
A. "Your Love Is King" – 3:39
B. "Love Affair with Life" (recorded live) – 4:35
  • UK and Dutch 12" maxi single
A1. "Your Love Is King" – 3:58
B1. "Smooth Operator"/"Snake Bite" – 7:28
B2. "Love Affair with Life" (recorded live) – 4:35

Charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 64
Irish Singles Chart[2] 7
New Zealand Singles Chart [3] 2
UK Singles Chart[4] 6
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[5] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 54
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[7] 35
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 8

References

  1. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). Sydney: Australian Chart Book. p. 263. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and June 19, 1988.
  2. ↑ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
  3. ↑ "Sade - Your Love is King". nztop40.co.nz. Recorded Music NZ. 26 August 1984. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Sade – Your Love Is King - Official Singles Charts". UK Singles Chart. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ "RPM Weekly Adult Contemporary - Volume 42, No. 25". Library and Archives Canada. RPM (archived). August 31, 1985. Retrieved August 24, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hot 100 - Billboard", Billboard, 27 September 1985, retrieved 30 September 2018
  7. ↑ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Billboard", Billboard, 10 August 1985, retrieved 9 October 2018
  8. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Chart - Billboard", Billboard

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