After the Love Has Gone

For the Steps song, see After the Love Has Gone (Steps song).
"After the Love Has Gone"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album I Am
B-side"Rock That"
ReleasedJuly 12, 1979
RecordedSeptember 1978
Genre
Length4:40 (album)
3:55 (7" single)
LabelARC/Columbia
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)Bill Champlin
Producer(s)Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Boogie Wonderland"
(1979) 		"After the Love Has Gone"
(1979) 		"In the Stone"
(1979)
Music video
"After the Love Has Gone" on YouTube

"After the Love Has Gone" is a song by Earth, Wind & Fire, released in 1979 as the second single from their ninth studio album I Am on ARC/Columbia Records.[1] The song reached No. 2 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 (behind the Knack's "My Sharona") and the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart,[2][3][4] and No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] "After the Love Has Gone" was certified gold in the US by the RIAA and silver in the UK by the BPI.[6][7]

  1. ^ Earth, Wind & Fire: After the Love Has Gone. ARC/Columbia Records. 1979.
  2. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: After the Love Has Gone (Hot 100)". billboard.com.
  3. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: After the Love Has Gone (Hot Soul Songs)". billboard.com.
  4. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: After The Love Has Gone (Adult Contemporary Songs)". billboard.com.
  5. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire". officialcharts.com.
  6. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum Searchable Database - May 10, 2014". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 2014-05-10. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
  7. ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: After the Love Has Gone". bpi.co.uk. BPI.