After the Love Has Gone
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After the Love Has Gone
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| Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
| from the album I Am | ||||
| B-side | "Rock That" | |||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 4:24 | |||
| Label | ARC/Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | David Foster, Jay Graydon, Bill Champlin | |||
| Producer | Maurice White | |||
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"After the Love Has Gone" is a 1979 hit single for Earth, Wind & Fire, written by David Foster, Jay Graydon, and (Chicago band member) Bill Champlin for the album I Am. It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1]
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Reception
"After the Love Has Gone" was nominated for a Grammy for Record of the Year and won for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group.[2] The song also won a Best R & B Song Grammy Award for Foster, Graydon and Champlin as its composers. After the Love Has Gone has been placed on Bruce Pollock's list of The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000.[3]
"After the Love Has Gone" was very successful commercially, selling over a million copies in the US and has been certified Gold as up until the RIAA lowered the sales levels for certified singles in 1989, a Gold single equaled 1 million units sold and has also been certified silver in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry.[4][5]
It was used to particularly haunting effect when played by Venus Flytrap, the night DJ on the television series WKRP in Cincinnati (played by Tim Reid), shortly after the announcement that numerous youngsters were killed and wounded by a stampede of concertgoers at a Who concert where the tickets were not for designated seating. The song was also heard on an earlier episode, during a scene where staffer Bailey Quarters was brooding over being stood up on a planned date with morning drive DJ Johnny Fever.
Covers and samples
Two of the song's authors (Graydon and Foster) covered the song on the only album release by their band Airplay in 1980, making it probably the first commercially released cover of the song.
UK boyband Damage has covered the song, as well as artists such as Donny Osmond on his album Somewhere in Time and 112 on the album New York Undercover: A Night at Natalie's.[6] The song was sampled by Ryan Shaw in 2008.
Norman Brown also covered the song in his 1996 smooth jazz album Better Days Ahead. The band Steps version is different which just the title is the same.
Kurt Elling, Chicago-based Grammy-winning jazz vocalist, has recorded this song on his 2011 release 'The Gate'.
Filipino R&B singer Jay R covered the song from his 2008 album, Soul In Love.
Personnel
- Written and composed by - David Foster, Jay Graydon, and Bill Champlin
- Produced by - Maurice White
- Horns arrangement By - Jerry Hey
- Strings arrangement By - David Foster
- Saxophone [Solo] - Don Myrick[7]
After The Love Has Gone reached #2 in the U.S., kept off the top spot by My Sharona by The Knack. It also peaked at #4 in the U.K.
Chart positions
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 3 |
References
- ^ Dean, Maury (2003). Rock N' Roll Gold Rush. Algora. pp. 289. ISBN 0-87586-207-1.
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-e/earthwindfire.htm
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- ^ RIAA Certification for After the Love Has Gone
- ^ "Rock Music, etc., Terms". spider.georgetowncollege.edu. http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/music/burnette/Mus570d/terms.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ After the Love Has Gone on allmusic.com
- ^ "Earth, Wind & Fire - I Am". discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Earth-Wind-Fire-I-Am/release/821202. Retrieved May 8, 2009.
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