Love Zone (song)

"Love Zone" is the title track from Billy Ocean's 1986 album. In the US, The ballad hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart and was his third single to hit the top spot. "Love Zone" also reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and number five on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2]

"Love Zone"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Love Zone
Released5 July 1986
Format7", 12" single
Recorded1985
GenreR&B, funk
Length5:36 (Album Version)
4:17 (Radio Edit)
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Billy Ocean
Producer(s)Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"
(1986)		 "Love Zone"
(1986)		 "Love Is Forever"
(1986)

Chart performance
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 91
Canadian RPM Top Singles 18
German Singles Chart 73
New Zealand Singles Chart 31
UK Singles Chart[4] 49
US Billboard Hot 100 10
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 5
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 1

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 184.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 221. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 631. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  5. Daytime's Greatest Weddings: One Life to Live. Dir. David Seeger. 1993. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004. DVD.
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