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Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications; UK [1]AUS [2]CAN [3]NLD [6]NZ [7]US [10]The Early Years / Emotions in Motion / Love Really Hurts Without You: Released: 1985
Ocean's eighth studio album Time to Move On (1993) failed to produce any major successes, but his 1989 Greatest Hits collection has been a steady seller over the years, and his 1997 compilation album L.I.F.E. – Love Is for Ever made no. 7 on the UK Albums Chart. Ocean's last studio album for Jive Records was Time to Move On, which he recorded ...
"Love Really Hurts Without You" is a song recorded by British R&B recording artist Billy Ocean. The song – written by Ocean under his real name Leslie Charles with the track's producer Ben Findon – was the second single recorded in the name Billy Ocean (although the singer had had several previous releases using other stage names) and provided Ocean with his first chart record in 1976.
The album's title is a reference to then-President Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall!" speech.It features guest backing vocals from artists including the Manhattans, Will Downing, Carroll Thompson, and Mary Cassidy, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Ocean's later work.
Despite these earlier hits, Suddenly became Ocean's first charting album in the United Kingdom, reaching number nine on the UK Album Chart. It also reached number nine in the US, and spawned two additional US top-five singles in the title track and " Loverboy ", while a fourth single, "Mystery Lady", reached the US top 40.
The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week beginning 5 July 1986, where it remained for one week, becoming the 600th different song [ citation needed ] to ascend to that position.
Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond, it is the title track to Ocean's 1984 breakthrough album. Released as the third single from the album (following the success of " Caribbean Queen " and " Loverboy "), the ballad became the album's most successful single in the UK, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart in mid-1985. [ 4 ]
Weekly chart performance for "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" Chart (1986) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) [8] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [9] 8 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [10] 1 Canada Top Singles [11] 1 Denmark (Tracklisten) [12] 1 Europe (European Hot 100 Singles) [13] 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [14] 2