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"Lovesong" (sometimes written as "Love Song") is a song by English rock band the Cure, released as the third single from their eighth studio album, Disintegration (1989), on 21 August 1989. The song saw considerable success in the United States, where it reached the number-two position in October 1989 and became the band's only top-10 entry on ...
"Soldier of Love (Lay Down Your Arms)," also known as "Soldiers of Love," [2] is a 1962 song written by Buzz Cason and Tony Moon. [3] It was originally recorded by soul artist Arthur Alexander and released as a B-side of the single " Where Have You Been (All My Life) ", which reached #58 in the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1962.
[147] [148] Songs of a Lost World reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, and was the Cure's first chart-topping album since Wish in 1992. [149] In the United States, Songs of a Lost World debuted at number four on the Billboard 200, and was the band's first top ten album there since The Cure in 2004. [150]
"Soldier of Love" is a 1988 song by American singer Donny Osmond, which became his comeback hit. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It first was a Top 30 hit in the UK in 1988 and "Soldier of Love" reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989 , [ 6 ] behind Michael Damian 's " Rock On ", becoming his sixth and last top-10 hit.
You can go from a jazzy number that spells out letters (like “L-O-V-E” by Nat King Cole) to a rock hit that breaks down the true meaning of love (like “I Want to Know What Love Is” by ...
Since the song's release, "Killing an Arab" has been controversial and viewed as promoting violence against Arabs. [8] A 1978 NME article described the song's title as "at first glance irresponsibly racist," with Robert Smith responding, "It’s not really racist, if you know what the song is about. It’s not a call to kill Arabs."
The song rose 3–1 in its sixth week, marking the chart's speediest ascent to the top spot since Anita Baker topped the chart in under five weeks with "You're My Everything" in 2004. [14] "Soldier of Love" became the first ever vocal to hit number-one on the Smooth Jazz Top 20 countdown.
In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number three on their list of the 40 greatest Cure songs, [11] and in 2023, Mojo ranked the song number two on their list of the 30 greatest Cure songs. [ 12 ] John Leland at Spin said, "It has the bittersweet feel of a New Order record, with a hyperstrummed acoustic guitar for depth.