True Love (Glenn Frey song)
"True Love" is a song by American musician and singer-songwriter Glenn Frey, a member of the Eagles. It was released as a single from his third studio solo album Soul Searchin', in 1988.[1] The single features a ballad version of the track, "Workin' Man" as the B-side. An uptempo version was included on the album.
| "True Love" | ||||
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| Single by Glenn Frey | ||||
| from the album Soul Searchin' | ||||
| B-side | "Workin' Man" | |||
| Released | August 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:39 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin | |||
| Producer(s) | Elliot Scheiner, Glenn Frey | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| Listen to "True Love" (Official Music Video) on YouTube | ||||
Background
In the liner notes to the original album Glenn Frey wrote of the song "For those of you who have my previous albums, I apologize. I just can't shake my obsession with this Al Green-Memphis thing. Like Wilson Pickett says, 'Don't fight it'."
Reception
"True Love" is one of Frey's biggest hit singles, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100[2] and No. 2 on both the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart (2 weeks)[3] and Canadian singles chart (1 week). It also peaked at No. 49 on the Australian charts.
Chart performance
Personnel
- Glenn Frey - Lead vocals, drums, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, horn arrangements
- Barry Beckett - Keyboards
- Robbie Buchanan - Keyboards
- Ralph MacDonald - Percussion
- Chris Mostert - Saxophone
- Julia Waters - Backing vocals
- Maxine Waters - Backing vocals
- Greg Smith - Horn arrangements
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2017-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.billboard.com/artist/302924/glenn-frey/chart?page=1&f=379
- https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1988-10-08
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2015-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.billboard.com/artist/302924/glenn-frey/chart?f=379
- https://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1988-10-08
- Carolyn Hope. "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits". hitsofalldecades.com.
- Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1988