Love T.K.O.

"Love T.K.O." is a song written by Cecil Womack and Gip Noble, Jr. for soul singer David Oliver appearing first on his album Here's to You in 1980.

"Love T.K.O."
Single by David Oliver
from the album Here's To You
Released1980
Format7" single b- side of My Lady Mercury 45-76067
Recorded1980
GenreSoul
Length4:36
LabelMercury
Songwriter(s)Cecil Womack
Gip Noble, Jr.
Producer(s)Wayne Henderson
"Love T.K.O."
Single by Teddy Pendergrass
from the album TP
ReleasedNovember 1980
Formatcassette single, 12-inch single
Recorded1980
GenreSoul
Length4:58
LabelPhiladelphia International Records
Songwriter(s)Cecil Womack
Gip Noble, Jr.
Producer(s)Dexter Wansel, Cecil Womack, Cynthia Biggs
Teddy Pendergrass singles chronology
"Can't We Try"
(1980)		 "Love T.K.O."
(1980)		 "Two Hearts"
(1981)

However, it is mainly associated with R&B and soul artist Teddy Pendergrass, who recorded the song for his 1980 album TP, releasing it as a single the same year. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.

It has been covered by several artists, including Deborah Harry, Regina Belle, Hall & Oates, Bette Midler, Boz Scaggs, Lambchop, Michael McDonald, Seal, Fourplay, and the Pittsburgh R&B/dance/cover band Modern Man.[1] Cecil and Linda Womack recorded the song themselves as Womack & Womack and it appeared simply as "T.K.O." on their debut album Love Wars in 1983.

In 2006, Pendergrass' version of the song was featured in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on fictional radio station VCFL. It was used in 2005 video game Fahrenheit (a.k.a. Indigo Prophecy). DJ Spooky referenced the song in his essay titled "Groove Theory" in URB. Artist Ahmad Lewis used the melody for a remix of his 1994 song "Back in the Day" from his self-titled album Ahmad. In 1995, R&B group Xscape sampled it for their remix of "Who Can I Run To". The song was sampled by Kenny Lattimore and Total as well as featured in the 2015 motion picture Concussion.

Charts

Teddy Pendergrass version
Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard R&B 2
US Billboard Hot 100[2] 44

Regina Belle version
Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Billboard R&B[3] 29

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2002-08-13. Retrieved 2008-11-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. US Charts. MusicVF.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020
  3. "Regina Belle US chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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