Love Will Lead You Back

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"Love Will Lead You Back"
Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back (single cover).jpg
CD single cover
Single by Taylor Dayne
from the album Can't Fight Fate
B-side "You Meant the World to Me"
ReleasedJanuary 12, 1990 (1990-01-12)
Genre Pop [1]
Length4:38
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Diane Warren
Producer(s) Ric Wake
Taylor Dayne singles chronology
"With Every Beat of My Heart"
(1989)
"Love Will Lead You Back"
(1990)
"I'll Be Your Shelter"
(1990)
Alternative cover
Taylor Dayne - Love Will Lead You Back (alternative cover).jpg

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [13] Gold35,000^
United States (RIAA) [18] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesJanuary 12, 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
Arista [18]
JapanMarch 7, 1990Mini-CD [19]
United KingdomJuly 16, 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
[20]

Covers

The song was covered by Brazilian singer Sandra de Sá, Filipina singers Kyla, Nina and Marika Sasaki, Filipino crooner Jun Polistico and Australian pop group Young Divas. Mexican showgirl Yuri recorded a Spanish-language adaptation of the song as "Quién eres tú" on her studio album Soy Libre (1991). [21] Yuri's version peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the US. [22]

In 2000, Grammy Award-winning artist Patti LaBelle covered the composition for her album, When a Woman Loves . Dutch pop singer Gordon also covered the song in 1994 and American Crooner Johnny Mathis also covered his version of the song from his 1998 album, Because You Loved Me .

On American Idol it has been covered three times, by Carmen Rasmusen (season 2), Mikalah Gordon (season 4) and Karen Rodriguez (season 10). All three were eliminated the next night after their performances of that song.

See also

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