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1988 single by Glenn Frey
"True Love"
Single by Glenn Frey
from the album Soul Searchin'
B-side"Working Man"
ReleasedAugust 1988
GenreSoft rock
Length4:10 (single version)
4:40 (Album version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Glenn Frey, Jack Tempchin
Producer(s)Elliot Scheiner, Glenn Frey
Glenn Frey singles chronology
"You Belong to the City"
(1985) 		"True Love"
(1988) 		"Soul Searchin'"
(1989)
Music video
"True Love" on YouTube

"True Love" is a song by American musician and singer-songwriter Glenn Frey, a member of the Eagles. It was released as a single from his third studio solo album Soul Searchin', in 1988. The single features a ballad version of the track "Working Man" as the B-side. An uptempo version was included on the album.

Background

In the liner notes to the original album Glenn Frey wrote of the song "For those of you who have my previous albums, I apologize. I just can't shake my obsession with this Al Green-Memphis thing. Like Wilson Pickett says, 'Don't fight it'."

Reception

The song was one of Frey's biggest hit singles in his solo career, peaking at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on both the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart and Canadian singles chart. It also peaked at No. 49 on the Australian charts. In the UK it reached No. 84.

Cash Box said that it's "a classic R&B tune replete with hornbreaks and soul-tinged arrangement and production."

Personnel

  • Glenn Frey – lead and backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums, horn arrangements
  • Barry Beckett – keyboards
  • Robbie Buchanan – keyboards
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Chris Mostert – saxophone
  • The Heart Attack Horns – horns
  • Julia Waters – backing vocals
  • Maxine Waters – backing vocals
  • Greg Smith – horn arrangements

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 49
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 2
UK Singles (OCC) 22
US Billboard Hot 100 13
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 2
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard) 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 71
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 41

References

  1. "Glenn Frey Discography - L&M's Eagles Fastlane". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  2. "Glenn Frey - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-08.
  3. "Adult Contemporary Chart". Billboard.
  4. "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. August 20, 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  5. "Glenn Frey – Smuggler's Blues". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  6. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 8683." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  8. "Glenn Frey Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  9. "Glenn Frey Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  10. "Glenn Frey Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  11. Carolyn Hope. "Barry's Hits of All Decades Pop rock n roll Music Chart Hits". hitsofalldecades.com.
  12. Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1988

External links

Glenn Frey
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Singles
Related articlesEagles


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