Love Hangover

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"Love Hangover" is a song by the American singer Diana Ross, recorded in 1975 and released as a single on March 16, 1976. It rose to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot-Selling Soul Singles. It also hit number one on the Record World disco charts.

"Love Hangover"
Single by Diana Ross
from the album Diana Ross
B-side	"Kiss Me Now"
Released	March 16, 1976
Recorded	1975
Genre	Disco[1][2] pop[1]
Length	7:48 3:46 (single edit)
Label	Motown M 1392
Songwriter(s)	Marilyn McLeod, Pamela Sawyer
Producer(s)	Hal Davis
Diana Ross singles chronology
"I Thought It Took a Little Time (But Today I Fell in Love)" (1976) "Love Hangover" (1976) "One Love in My Lifetime" (1976)
Official audio
"Love Hangover" (album edit) on YouTube

Producer Hal Davis instructed the song's engineer Russ Terrana to install a strobe light so that Ross could be in the "disco" mindset.^[3] As the song changed from ballad to uptempo, Ross became more comfortable with the material; she hummed, sang bit parts, laughed, danced around and even imitated Billie Holiday.^[4] The distinctive bassline is played by Henry E. Davis.^[5]

The song was first released on the album Diana Ross in February 1976. Motown initially promoted the album by releasing the single "I Thought It Took a Little Time". The vocal group the 5th Dimension released their own version of "Love Hangover" as a single, and Motown then issued Ross's version as a single. Both versions entered the chart the same day. By the time Ross's version of the song reached number one, Ross had reinvented herself as a disco diva and the 5th Dimension's version had peaked at number 80. It won Ross a Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. It appeared on the soundtrack of the following year's Diane Keaton movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

"Love Hangover" reached number one on May 29, 1976. That week, Casey Kasem reported on American Top 40 that Ross had broken the record for the most number-one hits by a female vocalist. With her fourth number one, she passed Connie Francis, Helen Reddy, Roberta Flack, and Cher, each of whom had three.

Ross performed the song on the April 4, 1980 episode of The Muppet Show during its fourth season.

The song was remixed several times. A version remixed by Eric Kupper, known as "Love Hangover 2020", hit number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart in March 2020.

Remixes

Motown released versions of Ross's version in 1988 (remixed by the British team PWL) and 1993 (remixed by Frankie Knuckles for the album Diana Extended: The Remixes and by Joey Negro for a single).

Almighty Records released a remixed version in 2007 (remixed by the UK team Almighty).

New remixes were released in 2020 by Eric Kupper, peaking at number one on March 28 on the Billboard Dance Club chart.^[6] It marked the final number one single on the Dance Club Songs chart.

Track listing

1993 UK 12" promo Side A

1. "Love Hangover" (Tribal Hangover) – 9:26
2. "Love Hangover" (Classic Club – EP version) – 8:20
3. "Love Hangover" (Tribal Reprise) – 5:25
4. "Your Love" – 3:58

Side B

1. "Upside Down" ('93 Remix – EP version) – 8:00
2. "Upside Down" (Dub 2 – Morales) – 7:37
3. "Someday We'll Be Together" ('93 Remix – EP version) – 8:40
4. "Someday We'll Be Together" (Final Sound Factory) – 6:54

Cover versions

• In 1982, British new wave band the Associates released the double A-side single "18 Carat Love Affair" / "Love Hangover" which peaked at No. 21 on the UK chart in 1982.
• British soul singer Pauline Henry (former lead vocalist of the Chimes) recorded a contemporary version of the track in 1995. It was a UK top 40 hit the same year.
• Italian dance act Black Box sampled the song on their 1996 disco-house single, "I Got the Vibration/Positive Vibration", which reached No. 21 in the UK and No. 18 in Italy.
• The song was sampled in Monica's 1998 hit "The First Night", which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for "Love Hangover" Chart (1976) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 67 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 44 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 9 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[10] 5 France (IFOP)[11] 30 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 11 Italy (Musica e dischi)[13] 16 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14] 23 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] 18 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[16] 28 UK Singles (OCC)[17] 10 US Billboard Hot 100[18] 1 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[19] 19 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[20] 1 US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[21] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for "Love Hangover" Chart (1976) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[22] 101 UK Singles (OCC)[23] 92 US Billboard Hot 100[24] 15 US Cash Box[25] 13

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1976 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B singles of 1976 (U.S.)
• List of number-one dance singles of 1976 (U.S.)
• List of number-one dance singles of 2020 (U.S.)

References

1. Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. Its extended disco metamorphosis, which accounts for more than five of the song's nearly eight-minute length, turns out to be the hair of the dog...
2. Breihan, Tom (November 15, 2022). "George McCrae - "Rock Your Baby". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 108.
3. Ed Hogan. "Love Hangover – Diana Ross | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
4. Fred Bronson, "Love Hangover" in Billboard Book of Number One Hits, 1988
5. https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2012/01/30/in-memoriam-henry-e-davis/
6. "Dance Club Songs Chart". Billboard.
7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
8. "Diana Ross – Love Hangover" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
9. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4701a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
10. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4165." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
11. "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par R". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
12. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love Hangover". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
13. Racca, Guido (2019). M&D Borsa Singoli 1960–2019 (in Italian). Independently Published. ISBN 9781093264906.
14. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Diana Ross" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
15. "Diana Ross – Love Hangover" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
16. "Diana Ross – Love Hangover". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
17. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
18. "Diana Ross Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
19. "Diana Ross Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
20. "Diana Ross Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
21. "Diana Ross Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
22. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
23. "Top 100 1976". Top-source.info. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
24. "Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
25. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1976". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on December 28, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2016.

External links

• List of cover versions of "Love Hangover" at SecondHandSongs.com
• Diana Ross - Love Hangover on YouTube