True Love (Glenn Frey song)
| "True Love" | ||||
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| SinglebyGlenn Frey | ||||
| from the albumSoul Searchin' | ||||
| B-side | "Working Man" | |||
| Released | August 1988 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:10(single version) 4:40 (Album version) | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Glenn Frey,Jack Tempchin | |||
| Producer(s) | Elliot Scheiner,Glenn Frey | |||
| Glenn Freysingles chronology | ||||
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| "True Love"onYouTube | ||||
"True Love"is a song by American musician and singer-songwriterGlenn Frey,a member of theEagles.It was released as a single from his third studio solo albumSoul Searchin',in 1988.[1]The single features a ballad version of the track "Working Man" as the B-side. An uptempo version was included on the album.
Background
[edit]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 thisAl Green-Memphis thing. LikeWilson Pickettsays, 'Don't fight it'. "
Reception
[edit]The song was one of Frey's biggest hit singles in his solo career, peaking at No. 13 on theBillboardHot 100[2]and No. 2 on both the U.S.Adult Contemporarychart[3]and Canadian singles chart. It also peaked at No. 49 on theAustralian charts.In the UK it reached No. 84.
Cash Boxsaid that it's "a classic R&B tune replete with hornbreaks and soul-tinged arrangement and production."[4]
Personnel
[edit]- Glenn Frey– lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, horn arrangements
- Barry Beckett– keyboards
- Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
- Ralph MacDonald– percussion
- Chris Mostert – saxophone
- The Heart Attack Horns – horns
- Julia Waters – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Greg Smith– horn arrangements
Charts
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References
[edit]- ^"Glenn Frey Discography - L&M's Eagles Fastlane".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-07-14.Retrieved2017-12-11.
- ^"Glenn Frey - Chart history | Billboard".billboard.Archived fromthe originalon 2015-11-08.
- ^"Adult Contemporary Chart".Billboard.
- ^"Single Releases"(PDF).Cash Box.August 20, 1988. p. 12.Retrieved2022-12-22.
- ^"Glenn Frey – Smuggler's Blues ".ARIA Top 50 Singles.Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^"Top RPM Singles: Issue 8683."RPM.Library and Archives Canada.Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^"Official Singles Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company.Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^"Glenn Frey Chart History (Hot 100)".Billboard.Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^"Glenn Frey Chart History (Adult Contemporary)".Billboard.Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^"Glenn Frey Chart History (Mainstream Rock)".Billboard.Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^Carolyn Hope."Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits".hitsofalldecades.
- ^Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1988
External links
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