The Glow of Love (song)

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"The Glow of Love"
Change - Glow of Love single cover.jpg
Single by Change
from the album The Glow of Love
Released1980 (1980)
Genre Dance-pop [1]
Length
  • 8:21(album version)
  • 3:39(single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jacques Fred Petrus [2]
Change singles chronology
"A Lover's Holiday"
(1980)		"The Glow of Love"
(1980)		"Searching"
(1980)

"The Glow of Love" is a song performed by Italian-American rhythm and blues/disco group Change, with lead vocals by Luther Vandross. [3] Issued as the second single from their debut album of the same name, the song peaked at #1 on the Billboard dance chart in 1980, where it stayed for nine consecutive weeks. [4] In 2001, Janet Jackson sampled "The Glow of Love" on her #1 hit song "All for You". [5]

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Charts

Chart performance for "The Glow of Love"
Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles ( Billboard ) [4] 1
US R&B Singles ( Billboard ) [4] 49

References

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone Staff (October 24, 2023). "The 100 Best Pop Songs Never to Hit the Hot 100". Rolling Stone . Retrieved January 16, 2025. The title track to Change's debut album is an absolutely incandescent dance-pop gem...
  2. 1 2 "Change - The Glow Of Love | Releases | Discogs". Discogs . Zink Media. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Hogan, Ed. "The Glow of Love - Change : Listen, Appearances, Song Review : AllMusic". AllMusic . RhythmOne. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 "Change | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ Reid, Shaheem (April 30, 2001). "Janet reminisces over 'All For You' slots 'Lover' for next single". MTV . Archived from the original on May 9, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
Preceded by Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Singles number one single
May 3, 1980 (1980-5-3)– June 28, 1980 (1980-6-28)		Succeeded by
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