"Sweet Love" | ||||
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Single by Commodores | ||||
from the album Movin' On | ||||
B-side | "Better Never Than Forever" | |||
Released | 25 November 1975 (US)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1975 | |||
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Length | 3:20 | |||
Label | Motown | |||
Composer(s) | Lionel Richie | |||
Producer(s) | James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores | |||
Commodores singles chronology | ||||
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"Sweet Love" is a soul/R&B ballad written by Lionel Richie and recorded by American R&B vocal group Commodores.
It became their first Top 10 pop hit in the US, where the single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100[4] and number two on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in 1976, while in the UK, it reached number 32, becoming their second Top 40 hit.
"Sweet Love," "Just To Be Close To You," and "Easy" are all recognizably soul songs.