Keep on Loving You

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"Keep On Loving You"
Single by REO Speedwagon
from the album Hi Infidelity
B-side	Follow My Heart
Released	November 4, 1980
Format	7"
Genre	Rock
Length	3:22
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Kevin Cronin
Producer	Kevin Beamish Kevin Cronin Alan Gratzer Gary Richrath
REO Speedwagon singles chronology
"Time For Me To Fly" (1978) "Keep On Loving You" (1980) "Take It On the Run" (1981)
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"Keep On Loving You" is a power ballad written by Kevin Cronin and performed by REO Speedwagon. It features the lead guitar work of Gary Richrath. It was one of many REO Speedwagon songs to become a pop hit, reaching the number-one spot for one week in March 1981 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and peaking at number seven in the UK Singles Chart.

Contents 1 Music video 2 In other media 3 Cover versions 4 External links 5 Samples

[edit] Music video

In 1981, the music video of the song was the 17th played on the first day of broadcast of MTV, on August 1. The music video contains a scene in which a woman picks up a phone whose cord is connected to Gary Richrath's guitar. This is a reference to the song 157 Riverside Ave from their live album, You Get What You Play For, in which Kevin Cronin tells of Gary calling him and communicating through a guitar solo.

[edit] In other media

• The song appeared on the soundtrack of the teen sex comedy, The Last American Virgin (1982) and the stoner comedy Smiley Face (2007).
• The Donnas performed the song in the teen romance movie Drive Me Crazy (1999).
• It is featured on the October 2002 PlayStation 2 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the Power Ballads radio station Emotion 98.3.
• On television, the song played in the opening sequence of the sixth episode of the series Cold Case, in 2003.
• In 2005, the song was used in the second season of cult British comedy Nighty Night.
• The song appears in the 2009 action film Crank: High Voltage in both the scene at the strip club and in the end as Chev Chellios is burning.
• The song has a special significance in the 2009 film Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

[edit] Cover versions

• Alternative metal group the Deftones are known to have occasionally played a heavily distorted cover of the song live in concert.

Bubble gum punk rock band, The Donnas have covered "Keep On Loving You".

[edit] External links

• Official REO Speedwagon Website

[edit] Samples

• The piano in the opening verse is looped and the two opening lines, "you should have seen by the look in my eyes, you should have known by the tone in my voice" are inserted into the rap song "Look in your eyes" by Jadakiss featuring Bleu DaVinci.

Preceded by "9 to 5" by Dolly Parton	Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 21, 1981	Succeeded by "Rapture" by Blondie
Preceded by "Woman" by John Lennon	ARC Weekly Top 40 number one single March 14, 1981 - March 21, 1981	Succeeded by "Rapture" by Blondie

v • d • e REO Speedwagon Kevin Cronin • Dave Amato • Neal Doughty • Bruce Hall • Bryan Hitt Gary Richrath • Alan Gratzer • Gregg Philbin • Terry Luttrell • Mike Murphy • Duke Tumatoe • Jesse Harms • Graham Lear • Miles Joseph • Steve Scorfina • Joe McCabe • Mike Blair • Joe Matt • Marty Sheppard • Bob Crownover Studio albums REO Speedwagon • R.E.O./T.W.O. • Ridin' the Storm Out • Lost in a Dream • This Time We Mean It • R.E.O. • You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tuna Fish • Nine Lives • Hi Infidelity • Good Trouble • Wheels Are Turnin' • Life as We Know It • The Earth, a Small Man, His Dog and a Chicken • Building the Bridge • Find Your Own Way Home Live albums Live: You Get What You Play For • Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Compilations The Hits The Ballads Songs "157 Riverside Avenue" • "Keep On Loving You" • "Take It on the Run" • "Can't Fight This Feeling" • "Cant Stop Rockin"