"Love on Arrival" | ||||
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Single by Dan Seals | ||||
from the album On Arrival | ||||
B-side | "Those"[1] | |||
Released | January 1990 | |||
Recorded | August 1989 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Writer(s) | Dan Seals | |||
Producer | Kyle Lehning | |||
Dan Seals singles chronology | ||||
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"Love on Arrival" is a song recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. The lead-off single to his 1990 album On Arrival, the song spent three weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that April, making it the longest-running chart-topper of his career.[2]
A 1950s-style rock 'n' roll tune with a prominent saxophone, the singer and his girlfriend communicate using common abbreviations, such as PDQ, TGIF (although here, it means "Thank God I found" you) and TLC. The other abbreviation is "LOA," which is short for the title lyric ("love on arrival"), which the girlfriend promises to her long-absent beau once he arrives home.
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Preceded by "Five Minutes" by Lorrie Morgan |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single April 21-May 5, 1990 |
Succeeded by "Help Me Hold On" by Travis Tritt |
Preceded by "Not Counting You" by Garth Brooks |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single April 28, 1990 |
Succeeded by "Stranger Things Have Happened" by Ronnie Milsap |
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On Arrival is the eighth studio album released by country music artist Dan Seals. The album reached #13 on the Top Country Albums chart. "Love on Arrival" and "Good Times" were the first two singles which both reached #1 while the last two singles, "Bordertown" and "Water Under the Bridge" only reached #49 and #57, respectively. "Good Times", which was his last #1 single and last Top 40 hit, was originally performed by Sam Cooke. "Made for Lovin' You" was also recorded by Clinton Gregory on his 1990 debut album Music 'n Me, and would later be a Top Ten hit for Doug Stone who released it from his 1992 album From the Heart.
I just had to call you babe I got your letter and I understood almost every line
You said TLC is what you miss from me, you want back in my arms PDQ
Ooh I love this game them three letters by your name LOA what does that say?
She said oh baby it's so simple, did not mean to make it hard to understand
I've been gone so long I want you to know I miss my man oh yes I do
And that message for you tells you what I'm gonna do when I get home oh yeah
LOA (love on arrival) for you (love on arrival) LOA is what I'm gonna give to you
I've been counting the days I've been lonely I've been blue
(Love on arrival) for you (love on arrival)
And now after all this time I got nothing on my mind but LOA (love on arrival) for you
I said oh baby I do love you and I'm always amazed the way you be too
And I TGIF thank god I found you when I did yes I do
Them three letters by your name I'll just give you just the same
When you get home oh yes I will
LOA (love on arrival) for you (love on arrival) LOA is what I'm gonna give to you
I've been counting the days I've been lonely I've been blue
(Love on arrival) for you (love on arrival)
And now after all this time I got nothing on my mind but LOA (love on arrival) for you
I don't need no confirmation I got it right here in my hand
I don't need no more translation you done spelled it out in words that I can understand
LOA oh, oh, oh, oh, oh LOA
LOA (love on arrival) for you (love on arrival) LOA is what I'm gonna give to you
I've been counting the days I've been lonely I've been blue
(Love on arrival) for you (love on arrival)
And now after all this time I got nothing on my mind but LOA (love on arrival) for you