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"Loverboy"
Standard picture sleeve (the US release has a different front cover)
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Suddenly
B-side"Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)"
Released15 November 1984
Recorded1984
Genre
Length5:15 (album version)
4:11 (single version)
3:58 (US single version)
8:08 (extended version)
Label Jive
Songwriter(s) Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Producer(s)Keith Diamond
Robert John "Mutt" Lange (exec.)
Billy Ocean singles chronology
" Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
(1984) 		"Loverboy"
(1984) 		" Suddenly"
(1985)

"Loverboy" is Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly. It was produced by Keith Diamond and reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 [3] as well as hitting number 20 on the soul chart, [4] and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985. [5] It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the US, in an extended version. [6] The track was released on the Jive label under the catalogue reference, JIVE 80. [5] The song was played in the first episode of the long-running BBC One medical drama Casualty on 6 September 1986.

The single was also a massive success in South Africa, reaching No. 1 on the Springbok Charts, remaining in that position for 11 of the 26 weeks it charted. It was also the No. 1 single of 1985 on that country's year-end charts.

Music video

The sci-fi-themed music video was directed by Maurice Phillips [7] and it was shot at Durdle Door in Dorset, England, and features an alien rider on horseback riding up the coast to a bar built inside a cave. He tries to attract the attention of a female alien inside the cave, and after he shoots her partner with a laser, they ride off on the horse together at the end. The video is interspersed with scenes of Ocean (appearing in a pyramid hologram) performing the song. [8]

Track listings

7": Jive / JS1-9284 (US) JIVE 80 (UK)

  1. "Loverboy" - 3:58
  2. "Loverboy" (Dub Mix) - 4:59 [9]

12": Jive / JD1-9280 (US)

  1. "Loverboy" (Extended Club Remix) - 8:08
  2. "Loverboy" (Single Version) - 4:12
  3. "Loverboy" (Dub Mix) - 4:59 [10]

12": Jive / JIVE T 80 (UK - Limited Edition)

  1. "Loverboy" (Extended Club Remix) - 8:08
  2. "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)"
  3. "Loverboy" (Dub Mix) - 4:59 [11]

Charts

Notable appearances in other media

  • The song was ranked by the "80 of the 80s" podcast as #38 of the decade. [17]

Boystar version

"Loverboy"
Single by Boystar
Released6 October 2002
Recorded2002
Genre Pop
Length3:37
LabelMRA Entertainment
Songwriter(s) Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange

In 2002, Australian group "Boystar", consisting of Ian Starr, Decklyn Jaxx and Steven Childs, released a cover version of "Loverboy". It was their first and only release. it debuted at peaked at #12 on the ARIA singles chart. [18]

Track listing

"Loverboy" was released on a 5-track CD single [19]

  1. "Loverboy" (Radio Edit) (3:37)
  2. "This Ain't Love" (3:06)
  3. "Loverboy" (Diego V Euro Club) (5:21)
  4. "Loverboy" (DJ Nikko Dirty Club) (4:14)
  5. "Loverboy" (Diego V RNB) (4:30)

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australia ( ARIA Charts) [20] 12

References

  1. ^ Promis, Jose F. "Greatest Hits [Jive] - Billy Ocean | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (16 December 2020). "The Number Ones: Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"". Stereogum. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. 23 February 1985. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436.
  5. ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 402–403. ISBN  1-904994-10-5.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 192.
  7. ^ "Billy Ocean: Loverboy (1984)". IMDb. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Loverboy music video". YouTube. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Discogs.com - Billy Ocean "Loverboy" 7"". Discogs. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Discogs.com - Billy Ocean "Loverboy" 12"". Discogs. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Discogs.com - Billy Ocean "Loverboy" 12"". Discogs. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  12. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  13. ^ " Billy Ocean – Loverboy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  14. ^ "Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 23 January 2023 – via Imgur.
  15. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1985". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  16. ^ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 52. 28 December 1985. p. T-21.
  17. ^ CK1, DJ. "#38: Billy Ocean - Loverboy". 80 of the 80s Music Podcast. Retrieved 18 November 2019.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)
  18. ^ Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com - Boystar - Loverboy".
  19. ^ "Boystar - Loverboy". Discogs.
  20. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 39.
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