Loverboy (Billy Ocean song)
"Loverboy" | ||||
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![]() Standard picture sleeve (the US release has a different front cover) | ||||
Single by Billy Ocean | ||||
from the album Suddenly | ||||
B-side | "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)" | |||
Released | 15 November 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 5:15 (album version) 4:11 (single version) 3:58 (US single version) 8:08 (extended version) | |||
Label | Jive | |||
Songwriter(s) | Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Diamond Robert John "Mutt" Lange (exec.) | |||
Billy Ocean singles chronology | ||||
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"Loverboy" is Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly. It was produced by Keith Diamond and reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100[3] as well as hitting number 20 on the soul chart,[4] and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985.[5] It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the US, in an extended version.[6] The track was released on the Jive label under the catalogue reference, JIVE 80.[5] The song was played in the first episode of the long-running BBC One medical drama Casualty on 6 September 1986.
The single was also a massive success in South Africa, reaching No. 1 on the Springbok Charts, remaining in that position for 11 of the 26 weeks it charted. It was also the No. 1 single of 1985 on that country's year-end charts.
Music video
[edit]The sci-fi-themed music video was directed by Maurice Phillips[7] and it was shot at Durdle Door in Dorset, England, and features an alien rider on horseback riding up the coast to a bar built inside a cave. He tries to attract the attention of a female alien inside the cave, and after he shoots her partner with a laser, they ride off on the horse together at the end. The video is interspersed with scenes of Ocean (appearing in a pyramid hologram) performing the song.[8]
Track listings
[edit]7": Jive / JS1-9284 (US) JIVE 80 (UK)
[edit]- "Loverboy" - 3:58
- "Loverboy" (Dub Mix) - 4:59 [9]
12": Jive / JD1-9280 (US)
[edit]- "Loverboy" (Extended Club Remix) - 8:08
- "Loverboy" (Single Version) - 4:12
- "Loverboy" (Dub Mix) - 4:59 [10]
12": Jive / JIVE T 80 (UK - Limited Edition)
[edit]- "Loverboy" (Extended Club Remix) - 8:08
- "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)"
- "Loverboy" (Dub Mix) - 4:59 [11]
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Notable appearances in other media
[edit]- The song was ranked by the "80 of the 80s" podcast as #38 of the decade.[17]
Boystar version
[edit]"Loverboy" | |
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Single by Boystar | |
Released | 6 October 2002 |
Recorded | 2002 |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 3:37 |
Label | MRA Entertainment |
Songwriter(s) | Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange |
In 2002, Australian group "Boystar", consisting of Ian Starr, Decklyn Jaxx and Steven Childs, released a cover version of "Loverboy". It was their first and only release. it debuted at peaked at #12 on the ARIA singles chart.[18]
Track listing
[edit]"Loverboy" was released on a 5-track CD single[19]
- "Loverboy" (Radio Edit) (3:37)
- "This Ain't Love" (3:06)
- "Loverboy" (Diego V Euro Club) (5:21)
- "Loverboy" (DJ Nikko Dirty Club) (4:14)
- "Loverboy" (Diego V RNB) (4:30)
Charts
[edit]Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA Charts)[20] | 12 |
References
[edit]- ^ Promis, Jose F. "Greatest Hits [Jive] - Billy Ocean | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (16 December 2020). "The Number Ones: Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"". Stereogum. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 23 February 1985. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 402–403. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 192.
- ^ "Billy Ocean: Loverboy (1984)". IMDb. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Loverboy music video". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ "Discogs.com - Billy Ocean "Loverboy" 7"". Discogs. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Discogs.com - Billy Ocean "Loverboy" 12"". Discogs. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Discogs.com - Billy Ocean "Loverboy" 12"". Discogs. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Billy Ocean – Loverboy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
- ^ "Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 23 January 2023 – via Imgur.
- ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1985". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
- ^ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. 28 December 1985. p. T-21.
- ^ CK1, DJ. "#38: Billy Ocean - Loverboy". 80 of the 80s Music Podcast. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Boystar - Loverboy".
- ^ "Boystar - Loverboy". Discogs.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 39.