Loverboy (Billy Ocean song)
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| Single by Billy Ocean | ||||
| from the album Suddenly | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 5:15 (album version) 4:40 (single version) 4:12 (radio version) |
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| Label | Jive | |||
| Writer(s) | Keith Diamond, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Billy Ocean |
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Robert John "Mutt" Lange Keyboards=Nye Gibbons |
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"Loverboy" was Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly. It was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange and reached a chart high of number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985[1]. It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S., in an extended version. The track was released on the Jive label under the catalogue reference, JIVE 800.[1]
The song gained a reputation in the first episode of the 1986 soap opera Casualty when nurse Charlie Fairhead drives into Holby A&E in 1986.
The song also featured in the sitcom 'Dear John' where the character Kirk St Moritz played by Peter Blake can be seen dancing to the song in a highly amusing fashion.
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[edit] Music video
The music video was shot at Durdle Door and features a rider on horseback riding up the coast to bar in a cave reminiscent of the cantina scene in Star Wars interspersed with scenes of Billy popping out of the phantom zone from Superman II to sing the song.[2]
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 15 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 6 |
| German Singles Chart | 12 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
[edit] Cover versions
- 1997: Bruce Springsteen
- 2002: Boystar
- 2001: Jess & Crabbe (In Your Eer)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 402–403. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Loverboy music video". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdXryyFw7No.
| Preceded by "Sidewalk Talk" by Jellybean |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single February 9, 1985 |
Succeeded by "Smalltown Boy" by Bronski Beat |
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