"Love Boat Theme" | ||||
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Single by Jack Jones | ||||
from the album Nobody Does It Better | ||||
Released | 1979 | |||
Genre | Disco | |||
Length | 2:57 | |||
Label | MGM, Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Charles Fox, Paul Williams | |||
Producer(s) | Ken Barnes | |||
Jack Jones singles chronology | ||||
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Alternative release | ||||
"Love Boat" (also known as "Love Boat Theme" and "The Love Boat") is a 1977 song performed by American singer and actor Jack Jones, used as the theme song in American television series The Love Boat , when it was in its first nine season-run on TV from 1977 to 1986, on ABC. It was later covered by numerous artists.
The song was composed by Charles Fox, and the lyrics by Paul Williams. It was recorded as the theme song for the popular American TV series The Love Boat (later known in its short-lived two season revival as Love Boat: The Next Wave from 1998 to 1999), broadcast between 1977 and 1986 and originally aired on ABC. Jones's version was used in all seasons apart from the ninth, where it was replaced by Dionne Warwick's version.
Jones released the track as a single in 1979 as "Love Boat Theme", with a cover of the Barry Manilow song "Ready to Take a Chance Again" on side B. In the same year, the song appeared on Jones's album Nobody Does It Better, this time billed as "The Love Boat".
Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [1] | 37 |
Jack Jones lip-syncs the song in Airplane II , appearing in a cameo as a lounge singer as Ted escapes from the hospital.
On the "Singing the Blues" episode of Living Single , a singer performs the song during amateur night at a restaurant the friends are visiting. While most of the group aren't too impressed with the singer, a jubilant Synclaire chimes in and performs along with him.
In the film Demolition Man , the song was played by Sandra Bullock as a romantic background music in her apartment before the "virtual sex" between her and Sylvester Stallone. [5]
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In the season 6 South Park episode “Red Hot Catholic Love”, there is a parody of the Love Boat theme song, called “The Catholic Boat”. It also parodies the opening showed in the Love Boat TV show.
The season 2 Phineas and Ferb episode titled, "That Sinking Feeling" includes a parody of the song titled "Boat of Romance" sung by Love Boat singer Jack Jones with The Love Boat intro sequence being parodied.
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