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Love Zone (song)

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"Love Zone"

SinglebyBilly Ocean

from the album Love Zone

Released

5 July 1986

Recorded

1985

Genre

R&B, funk

Length

5:36 (Album Version)
4:17 (Radio Edit)

Label

Jive

Songwriter(s)

Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Billy Ocean

Producer(s)

Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite

Billy Ocean singles chronology

"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"
(1986)

"Love Zone"
(1986)

"Love Is Forever"
(1986)

"Love Zone" is the title track from Billy Ocean's 1986 album. In the US, The ballad hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart and was his third single to hit the top spot. "Love Zone" also reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100^[1] and number five on the Adult Contemporary chart.^[2]

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	91
Canadian Singles (RPM)	18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[4]	31
UK Singles (OCC)^[5]	49
USBillboard Hot 100^[6]	10
USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)^[7]	5
USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[8]	1
West Germany (Official German Charts)^[9]	73

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1986)	Position
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[10]	42
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[11]	49

Popular culture[edit]

The song was used for the characters of Tina Lord and Cord Roberts on the American soap opera One Life to Live.^[12]

References[edit]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436.

^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 184.

^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 221. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.

^ "Billy Ocean – Love Zone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "Billy Ocean: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Ocean – Love Zone" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

^ Daytime's Greatest Weddings: One Life to Live. Dir. David Seeger. 1993. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004. DVD.

v t e Billy Ocean
Studio albums	Billy Ocean Suddenly Love Zone Tear Down These Walls Time to Move On
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Here You Are: The Best of Billy Ocean
Singles	"Love Really Hurts Without You" "Stay the Night" "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" "Loverboy" "Suddenly" "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" "Love Zone" "Love Is Forever" "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" "Calypso Crazy" "Pressure"
Related topics	Discography

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