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Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)

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Weekly charts
George Benson version
Later versions
References
External links

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| cover = Love_Ballad_-_L.T.D.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = L.T.D.
| album = Love To The World
| B-side = Let the Music Keep Playing
| released = {{Start date|1976|09}}
| format = 7-inch single
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = R&B
| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=35}}
| label = A&M
| writer = Skip Scarborough
| producer = Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell
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"Love Ballad" is a song by R&B/Funk band L.T.D.. Jeffrey Osborne is the lead singer.

Released from their album Love to the World, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in November 1976, and peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^[1]

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	20
US Billboard R&B	1
US Cash Box Top 100	22

George Benson version

{{Infobox song
| name = Love Ballad
| cover = Love_Ballad_-_George_Benson.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = George Benson
| album = Livin' Inside Your Love
| B-side = You're Never Too Far From Me
| released = {{Start date|1979|02}}
| format = 7-inch single
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = R&B
| length =
| label = Warner
| writer = Skip Scarborough
| producer =
| prev_title = On Broadway
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = Give Me the Night
| next_year = 1980
}}

George Benson released an up-tempo rendition of "Love Ballad" in 1979. It peaked at number three on the R&B charts and number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] It also reached number 12 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Benson's cover is the most successful version of the song.

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
UK (OCC)	29
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	18
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[4]	12
US Billboard R&B	3
US Cash Box Top 100^[5]	14

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[6]	126

Later versions

Tanya Blount did a well-received cover of the song on her debut album in 1993.
K-Ci & JoJo covered this song on their 1997 album Love Always.
Covered by Jeffrey Osborne and is on his 2001 Love Songs compilation album.
J Dilla sampled this song for De La Soul in 2004 on their LP The Grind Date.
R&B singer Ciara sampled the song on her 2004 debut album Goodies.
Patti Labelle covered the song on her 2005 album of covers, Classic Moments.
Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore covered the song on their 2006 album Uncovered.
The Temptations covered "Love Ballad" on their 2007 album Back to Front.
Drum and Bass producer Netsky sampled the song on his single "Love Has Gone" from his second album 2 released in 2012.
George Duke made a version of the song 1989 on his album Night After Night.

References

1. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=364}}
2. ^¹Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
3. ^{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=53}}
4. ^{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=1993 |publisher=Record Research |page=28}}
5. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 7, 1979
6. ^{{cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |date=1999 |title=Pop Annual |url= |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |publisher=Record Research Inc. |page= |isbn=0-89820-142-X}}

External links

{{MetroLyrics song|ltd|love-ballad}}
[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t1133091|pure_url=yes}} Song Review] on the Allmusic website

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