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"After the Love Has Gone"
Song
B-side"Rock That"

"After the Love Has Gone" is a 1979 hit single for Earth, Wind & Fire, written by David Foster, Jay Graydon, and former Chicago band member Bill Champlin for the album I Am. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1]

Reception

"After the Love Has Gone" was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year and won for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.[2] After the Love Has Gone has been placed on Bruce Pollock's list of The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000.[3]

A record of the single "After the Love Has Gone".

"After the Love Has Gone" was very successful commercially, selling over a million copies. It has been certified Gold as up until the RIAA lowered the sales levels for certified singles in 1989, a Gold single equaled 1 million units sold.[4][5]

It was used to particularly haunting effect when played by Venus Flytrap, the night DJ on the television series WKRP in Cincinnati (played by Tim Reid), shortly after the announcement that numerous youngsters were killed and wounded by a stampede of concertgoers at a Who concert where the tickets were not for designated seating.

Covers and Samples

UK boyband Damage has covered the song, as well as artists such as Donny Osmond on his album Somewhere in Time and 112 on the album New York Undercover: A Night at Natalie's.[6] The song was sampled by Ryan Shaw in 2008.

Norman Brown also covered the song in his 1996 smooth jazz album Better Days Ahead.

Credits

Chart positions

Chart (1979) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 3

References

  1. ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. p. 289. ISBN 0-87586-207-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-e/earthwindfire.htm
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ RIAA Certification for After the Love Has Gone
  5. ^ "Rock Music, etc., Terms". spider.georgetowncollege.edu. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  6. ^ After the Love Has Gone on allmusic.com
  7. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am". discogs.com. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
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