Love & Pride

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"Love & Pride"
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Single by King
from the album Steps in Time
ReleasedApril 1984
Length3:20
Label CBS
Songwriter(s) Paul King, Mick Roberts
Producer(s) Richard James Burgess
King singles chronology
"Love & Pride"
(1984)		"Soul on My Boots"
(1984)

"Love & Pride" is a song by the English band King, produced by Richard James Burgess and featured on the band's first studio album, Steps in Time . It was released as their debut single in 1984 and reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart the following year.

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The single was first released in April 1984 but was not a success, spending only three weeks on the UK Singles Chart and reaching No. 84. [1] However, after the group performed the song on Saturday morning television at the end of 1984, CBS Records re-released the song, and it peaked at No. 2 on the UK chart in February 1985, remaining there for three consecutive weeks.

In the United States, "Love & Pride" stalled at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100, but it was more popular in clubs, where two separate 12-inch remixes propelled it to No. 17 on the Billboard Dance/Disco Club Play chart. [2] The single features a Prophet 5 synthesizer.

Track listings

7=inch CBS Records / A 4988 (UK)

A. "Love & Pride" – 3:20
B. "Don't Stop" – 4:15

2 x 7-inch (Double Pack) CBS Records / DA 4988 (UK)

A1. "Love & Pride" – 3:20
A2. "Don't Stop" – 4:15
B1. "Love & Pride" (live version)
B2. "I Kissed the Spikey Fridge" (live version)

12-inch CBS Records / TX 4988 (UK)

A1. "Love & Pride" (Body & Soul mix) – 5:27
B1. "Don't Stop" (edit) – 3:38
B2. "Classic Strangers" – 3:32

12-inch Epic / 49 05236 (US)

A. "Love & Pride" (extended mix) – 6:14
B. "Love & Pride" (dub mix) – 4:05

Charts

References

  1. ↑ "Official Charts - King - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Dance Club Songs" . Billboard . 24 August 1985. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  4. ↑ "King – Love & Pride" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. ↑ "King – Love & Pride" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "European Top 100 Singles". Eurotipsheet . Vol. 2, no. 13. 1 April 1985. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love & Pride". Irish Singles Chart.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 14, 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "King – Love & Pride" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  10. ↑ "King – Love & Pride". Top 40 Singles.
  11. ↑ "SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Songs J–L". rock.co.za. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "King – Love & Pride". Swiss Singles Chart.
  13. ↑ "King: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  14. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 7 September 1985. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Dance Singles Sales" . Billboard. 31 August 1985. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – King – Love & Pride" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  17. ↑ "Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 23 January 2023– via Imgur.
  18. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop . Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  19. ↑ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1985" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 . Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1985" (in Dutch). MegaCharts . Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Chart Archive – 1980s Singles". everyHit.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "Top 100 Singles". Music Week . 18 January 1986. p. 10.
  23. ↑ "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1985" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 9 May 2023.


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