The Real Love

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"The Real Love"
The Real Love Bob Seger cover.png
Single by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
from the album The Fire Inside
B-side
Released1991 (1991)
Length
  • 4:38 (album version)
  • 3:43 (7-inch edit)
Label Captiol
Songwriter(s) Bob Seger
Producer(s) Don Was
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band singles chronology
"Take a Chance"
(1991)
"The Real Love"
(1991)
"The Fire Inside"
(1991)
Audio
"The Real Love" on YouTube

"The Real Love" is a song by American rock band Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band. Frontman Bob Seger wrote the track for the band's sixth studio album, The Fire Inside (1991), and it was produced by Don Was. In Europe, "The Real Love" was released as the album's second single, while in the United States, where "Take a Chance" did not receive a commercial release, it served as the album's lead single. [1] According to Seger, the song is about a man who searches for true love, with "simple" lyrics. [2]

Contents

Released as a single in the United States in mid-1991, "The Real Love" gave Seger his 19th top-40 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 24 that October. In Canada, the song became a number-one hit the same month, topping the RPM 100 Hit Tracks ranking, and it also charted in Australia, Germany, and Switzerland. A music video was made to promote the song; it was filmed in Colorado and Utah and features 40 cast members, including previous Silver Bullet Band members. [2] [3]

Reception

Upon the song's release, Dave Sholin of American trade publication Gavin Report gave "The Real Love" a positive review, calling it "real music" and stating that Bob Seger's music "never fails to touch the soul". [4] Commercially, the song became Seger's 19th and final top-40 hit in the United States, peaking at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1991. [5] It became a top-10 hit on the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Album Rock Tracks charts, peaking at number four on both listings. [6] [7] In Canada, the single topped the RPM 100 Hit Tracks and 40AC (Adult Contemporary) rankings, ending the year as Canada's 23rd-most-successful single overall. [8] [9] [10] In Europe, "The Real Love" charted in Germany, reaching number 51 for two nonconsecutive weeks in 1991, and in Switzerland, where it peaked at number 27 in January 1992; it is Seger's only charting song in the latter nation. [11] [12] The song also reached the top 100 on Australia's ARIA Singles Chart, peaking at number 92 in late 1991. [13]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from The Fire Inside album booklet. [24]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United States1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • cassette
Capital
United KingdomSeptember 23, 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD1
  • cassette
[27]
October 7, 1991CD2 [28]

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