Spread Your Love (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"Spread Your Love" | ||||
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
from the album Powerlight | ||||
B-side | "(US) Freedom Of Choice (EU) Hearts to Heart" | |||
Released | June 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Spread Your Love" is a song recorded by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire and released as a single in June 1983 by Columbia Records.[1] The single reached No. 48 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 57 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[2][3]
Overview
[edit]"Spread Your Love" was produced by EWF bandleader Maurice White and composed by White, Azar Lawrence and Beloyd Taylor. The single's b-side was a tune called Hearts to Heart. Both songs came from Earth, Wind & Fire's 1983 studio album Powerlight.[1]
Critical reception
[edit]Chip Stern of Musician noted that "Robert Greenidge's slithery steel drums featured on the Eastern-tinged Spread Your Love".[4] Craig Lytle of Allmusic proclaimed "the (song's) sonically aggressive special effects are contrasted with a soothing chanting chorus."[5]
Charts
[edit]Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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Dutch Pop Singles[2] | 48 |
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles[3] | 57 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love. Columbia Records. June 1983.
- ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love". dutchcharts.com. Dutch Charts.
- ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- ^ Stern, Chip (April 1983). "RECORD REVIEWS: Earth, Wind & Fire". Musician. No. 54. p. 93. ProQuest 964123490.
- ^ Lytle, Craig. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". Allmusic.com. Allmusic.