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| Single by Sade | ||||
| from the album Soldier of Love | ||||
| B-side | "Flow" | |||
| Released | 8 December 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
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| Length | 5:57 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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| "Soldier of Love" on YouTube | ||||
"Soldier of Love" is the first single and title track from Soldier of Love by the English band Sade. It premiered worldwide on 8 December 2009, and it was released on iTunes digitally on 12 January 2010. It was also the band's first new material in almost ten years, preceding their long-awaited sixth studio album of the same name which was released worldwide on 8 February 2010. The song was number-one on the Billboard Adult R&B.[1] The song debuted at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the band's highest debut on the chart.[2] It peaked at number 52, making it the band's highest-peaking single on that chart since 1992's "No Ordinary Love".
The track won the Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 53rd Grammy Awards ceremony. The song was used during the end credits of The Lady, a 2010 film directed by Luc Besson based on eyewitness accounts of former Burmese political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris.[3][4]
- ^ Trust, Gary (21 January 2010). "Chart Beat Thursday: Vampire Weekend, Train, Shakira". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Pietroluongo, Silvio (21 January 2010). "Ke$ha's Time Isn't Up on Hot 100; Train Rolls into Top 10". Billboard. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "'The Lady' Soundtrack Details". Film Music Reporter. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ Gilchrist, Todd (10 April 2012). "Review: 'The Lady' A Glossy, Poignant But Ultimately Underwhelming Portrait of Pro-Democracy Activist Aung San Suu Kyi". IndieWire. Retrieved 8 August 2018.