Love & Pride

"Love & Pride" is the debut single by Coventry band King, produced by Richard James Burgess and featured on the band's first studio album Steps in Time.

"Love & Pride"
Single by King
from the album Steps in Time
ReleasedApril 1984
Recorded1984
GenreNew wave
Length3:20
LabelCBS Records
Songwriter(s)Paul King, Mick Roberts
Producer(s)Richard James Burgess
King singles chronology
"Love & Pride"
(1984)		 "Soul on My Boots"
(1984)

The single was first released in April 1984 but was not a success, spending only three weeks on the UK Singles Chart and reaching a lowly No. 84.[1] However, after the group performed the song on Saturday morning television at the end of 1984, CBS Records re-released it and it became a big hit. "Love & Pride" hit No. 2 on the UK chart in February 1985, remaining there for three consecutive weeks and only being held from the top spot by "I Know Him So Well", the duet by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson.

The single failed to duplicate this success in the US, where it stalled at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was more popular in clubs, where two separate 12" remixes propelled it to No. 17 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[2] The single features a Prophet 5 synthesizer.

British electronic band Cicada sampled portions of "Love & Pride" on their song "Woh" off their 2011 album Sunburst.

Track listings
7" CBS Records / A 4988 (UK)
  • A "Love & Pride" – 3:20
  • B "Don't Stop" – 4:15 [3]
2 x 7" (Double Pack) CBS Records / DA 4988 (UK)
  • A1 "Love & Pride" – 3:20
  • A2 "Don't Stop" – 4:15
  • B1 "Love & Pride" (Live Version)
  • B2 "I Kissed the Spikey Fridge" (Live Version) [4]
12" CBS Records / TX 4988 (UK)
  • A1 "Love & Pride" (Body & Soul Mix) – 5:27
  • B1 "Don't Stop" (Edit) – 3:38
  • B2 "Classic Strangers" – 3:32 [5]
12" Epic / 49 05236 (US)
  • A "Love & Pride" (Extended Mix) – 6:14
  • B "Love & Pride" (Dub Mix) – 4:05 [6]

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 8
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 3
Germany (Official German Charts)[10] 8
Ireland (IRMA)[11] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] 24
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 3
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 55

Year-end charts
Chart (1985) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[17] 80
UK Singles (OCC)[18] 10

References
  1. "Official Charts - King - Full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 145.
  3. "Discogs.com - King "Love & Pride" 7"". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  4. "Discogs.com - King "Love & Pride" 7" Double Pack". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. "Discogs.com - King "Love & Pride" 12"". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. "Discogs.com - King "Love & Pride" US 12"". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. "King – Love & Pride" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  9. "King – Love & Pride" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  10. "King – Love & Pride" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  11. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love & Pride". Irish Singles Chart.
  12. "King – Love & Pride" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  13. "King – Love & Pride". Top 40 Singles.
  14. "King – Love & Pride". Swiss Singles Chart.
  15. "King: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  16. "King Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  17. BigKev. "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  18. "Chart Archive – 1980s Singles". everyHit.com. Retrieved 16 June 2014.



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