Sweet Love (Commodores song)

"Sweet Love" is a soul/R&B ballad written by Lionel Richie and recorded by American R&B vocal group Commodores.

"Sweet Love"
Single by Commodores
from the album Movin' On
B-side	"Better Never Than Forever"
Released	25 November 1975 (US)[1]
Recorded	1975
Genre	Soul[2] R&B[3] pop[3]
Length	3:20
Label	Motown
Composer(s)	Lionel Richie
Producer(s)	James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores
Commodores singles chronology
"This Is Your Life" (1975) "Sweet Love" (1975) "Just to Be Close to You" (1976)

It became their first Top 10 pop hit in the US, where the single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100^[4] and number two on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart in 1976, while in the UK, it reached number 32, becoming their second Top 40 hit.

Background

"Sweet Love " was a ballad that heralded a move away from their initial stone cold funk sound. The six-minute album version is noted for Richie's half-sung, half-spoken recitation before the song's refrain repeats to the fade out.

Reception

Cash Box said that it has "close, colorful, harmonious vocal lines and smooth, flowing musical arrangement."^[5]

Chart performance

Chart (1976)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[6]	32
US Billboard Hot 100	5
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)[7]	2