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Love Makes Things Happen

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"Love Makes Things Happen"
Single by Pebbles and Babyface
from the album Always[1]
ReleasedNovember 6, 1990
Recorded1990
GenreR&B
Length5:10
LabelMCA (53973)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • L.A. Reid
  • Babyface
Pebbles singles chronology
"Giving You the Benefit"
(1990)
"Love Makes Things Happen"
(1990)
"Backyard"
(1991)
Babyface singles chronology
"My Kinda Girl"
(1990)
"Love Makes Things Happen"
(1990)
"Give U My Heart"
(1992)

"Love Makes Things Happen" is a song by American recording artist Pebbles featuring guest vocals by Babyface. Taken from Pebbles' second album Always (1990), the song spent two weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart,[2] and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Music video

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Pebbles and Babyface sing the lyrics as a series of situations are shown. The video starts with a man kissing his wife goodbye as heads to work. Then various situations show various people meeting by chance and fall for each other. In the end a man is shown meeting his wife showing that from the beginning they were meant to be. The video ends with shot of the man arriving home to his wife and kids.

Chart performance

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 91
US Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart)[4] 24
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 13
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 454.
  3. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 1468." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 191.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 650.