Play on Love

"Play on Love"
Single by Jefferson Starship
from the album Red Octopus
B-side"I Want to See Another World"
ReleasedDecember 1975
Recorded1975
Genre
Length3:44
LabelGrunt/RCA Records
Songwriter(s)Grace Slick, Pete Sears
Producer(s)Jefferson Starship, Larry Cox
Jefferson Starship singles chronology
"Miracles"
(1975) 		"Play on Love"
(1975) 		"With Your Love"
(1976)

"Play on Love" is a 1975 song by Jefferson Starship. It was the second of two singles issued from their Red Octopus LP.

The song reached number 49 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number 47 on Cash Box during January 1976. In Canada, "Play on Love" spent two weeks at number 46.[2]

Cash Box said it was "one of the strongest cuts out of the Red Octopus album," and Grace Slick belts an easy enough melody for kids to pick up on with a terrific hook, 'play on love.'"[3] Record World called it a "choice album track with Grace taking the lead vocal and maneuvering the Starship to still higher plateaus."[4]

Chart history

Chart (1975-76) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 46
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] 49
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [7] 47

References

  1. ^ Viglione, Joe. "Play on Love by Jefferson Starship - Track Info | AllMusic". allmusic. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-01-31. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  3. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 22, 1975. p. 34. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  4. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. November 22, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-01-31. Archived from the original on 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  7. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 17, 1976". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
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