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Love Is Forever (Billy Ocean song)

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"Love Is Forever"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Love Zone
B-side"Dancefloor"
ReleasedOctober 1986
Recorded1985
GenreR&B, soul
Length4:15
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry J. Eastmond, Billy Ocean
Producer(s)Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"Love Zone"
(1986)
"Love Is Forever"
(1986)
"Love Really Hurts Without You (Dance Remix)"
(1986)

"Love Is Forever" is the final track from Love Zone, the 1986 album by Billy Ocean. The song was written by Ocean along with Barry Eastmond and Wayne Braithwaite and was the last of his three number ones on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Love Is Forever" spent three weeks at number one and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] "Love Is Forever" also peaked at number 10 on the R&B chart.[2]

Charts

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Chart (1986–1987) Peak
position
Canadian Singles Chart 35
UK Singles Chart[3] 34
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 16
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 10
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 1

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 184.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 631. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.