"Where Is the Love" | ||||
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Single by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway | ||||
from the album Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway | ||||
B-side | "Mood" | |||
Released | June 1972 | |||
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Length | 2:43 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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"Where Is the Love" on YouTube |
"Where Is the Love" is a popular song written by Ralph MacDonald and William Salter, and recorded by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Released in 1972 from their album, Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and spent a week each at number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart (July 1972)[3] and R&B chart (August 1972).[4] Billboard ranked it as the No. 58 song for 1972. The song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
In the lyrics, the singer realizes that the one (s)he loves remains in love with someone else. The singer remarks "I guess it must have been my fate to fall in love with someone else's love. Now all I can do is wait."[5]