And Love Goes On

"And Love Goes On"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Faces
B-side"Win or Lose (US)" "Faces (UK)"
ReleasedJanuary 1981
Recorded1980
GenreR&B
Length3:38 (single version) 4:05 (album version)
LabelARC/Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Back on the Road"
(1980) 		"And Love Goes On"
(1981) 		"Let's Groove"
(1981)

" And Love Goes On" is a single by the American R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire released in January 1981 by ARC/Columbia Records. The single got to No. 15 on both the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles and UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles charts. And Love Goes On also reached No. 25 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 26 on the Belgian Pop Singles chart.[1][2][3][4][5]

Overview

And Love Goes On was produced by Maurice White. The song was also composed by White, David Foster, Larry Dunn, Brenda Russell and Verdine White.[1]

The b-side of this single was a song called Win or Lose. Both And Love Goes On and Win or Lose came upon EWF's 1980 studio album Faces.[1]

Critical reception

New Musical Express proclaimed "And Love Goes On is a very good record indeed".[6] Jason Elias of Allmusic called And Love Goes On a "splashy track" and noted that "Maurice White's vocal is flawless here, it doesn't really matter what platitudes o' love he's pushing here. Given the song's odd melody, vocalist Phillip Bailey's multi tracked backing vocals are particularly sparkling".[7] Sal Caputo of the Gannett News Service described the tune as "a syrupy love song that's redeemed by its lack of pretension".[8] Paul Willistein of The Morning Call called And Love Goes On "pure EWF, characterized by White's whispery vocals and the band's percussive, Latin midtempo style".[9] Billboard also described the song as an "uptempo track highlighted by a fluid vocal, percussive beat and accumulated with a tasty arrangement".[10]

Chart positions

Year Chart Peak
position
1981 U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Singles 15[2]
U.S. Cashbox Top R&B Singles 18[11]
UK Blues & Soul Top British Soul Singles 15[3]
N.L. Dutch Single Top 100 25[4]
B.E. Belgian Singles (Ultratop 50 Singles) 26[5]
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 59
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 57

References

  1. ^ a b c Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On. Columbia Records. January 1981.
  2. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.com.
  3. ^ a b Top British Soul Singles. Blues & Soul. March 24, 1981.
  4. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Dutch Top 40)". dutchcharts.nl.
  5. ^ a b "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On (Ultratop 50 Singles)". ultratop.be.
  6. ^ Singles. New Musical Express. February 21, 1981. p. 21.
  7. ^ Elias, Jason. "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  8. ^ Caputo, Sal (December 13, 1980). "If only EWF would hush up and play their music". The San Bernardino County Sun. Gannett News Service. p. 42 – via newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Willistein, Paul (December 13, 1980). Earth, Wind & Fire: Faces. The Morning Call. p. 67.
  10. ^ Top Single Picks (PDF). Vol. 93. Billboard. January 31, 1981. p. 67 – via americanradiohistory.com.
  11. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: And Love Goes On". cashboxmagazine.com. Cashbox. March 21, 1981.