When It's Over (Loverboy song)

This article is about the Loverboy song. For the Sugar Ray song, see When It's Over (Sugar Ray song).
"When It's Over"
Single by Loverboy
from the album Get Lucky
B-side"It's Your Life"
Released1982 (1982)
GenreRock
Length5:08 (Album version)
  • 3:56 (Single edit)[1]
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Paul Dean
Mike Reno
Loverboy singles chronology
"Working for the Weekend"
(1981) 		"When It's Over"
(1982) 		"Take Me to the Top"
(1982)

"When It's Over" is a song by the Canadian rock band Loverboy from their album Get Lucky released in 1981. Written by band members Paul Dean and Mike Reno, it features Nancy Nash on background vocals.[1] Relying heavily on synthesizers, the song became a Top 40 hit for the band when released as a single the following year, peaking at number 17 on Canada's RPM Top Singles in May[2] and number 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks in June 1982.[3]

Billboard calls the song a "catchy midtempo rocker",[1] while AllMusic's Donald A. Guarisco considers it a "moody power ballad" with Reno's "show-stoppingly emotional vocal performance".[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Top Single Picks". Billboard. April 3, 1982. p. 67. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ Top Singles. RPM. 36.15: 22 May 1982. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100, Week of June 19, 1982". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. ^ Get Lucky at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 October 2023.