"Spread Your Love" | ||||
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
from the album Powerlight | ||||
B-side | "(US) Freedom Of Choice (EU) Hearts to Heart" | |||
Released | June 1983 | |||
Recorded | 1982 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"Spread Your Love" is a song recorded by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire and released as a single in June 1983 by Columbia Records. The single reached No. 48 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 57 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.
Overview
"Spread Your Love" was produced by EWF bandleader Maurice White and composed by White, Azar Lawrence and Beloyd Taylor. The single's b-side was a tune called Hearts to Heart. Both songs came from Earth, Wind & Fire's 1983 studio album Powerlight.
Critical reception
Chip Stern of Musician noted that "Robert Greenidge's slithery steel drums featured on the Eastern-tinged Spread Your Love". Craig Lytle of Allmusic proclaimed "the (song's) sonically aggressive special effects are contrasted with a soothing chanting chorus."
Charts
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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Dutch Pop Singles | 48 |
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles | 57 |
References
- ^ Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love. Columbia Records. June 1983.
- ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love". dutchcharts.com. Dutch Charts.
- ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
- Stern, Chip (April 1, 1983). "Earth, Wind & Fire - Powerlight" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Musician. p. 93.
- Lytle, Craig. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". Allmusic.com. Allmusic.
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