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Released
  
July 1982

Recorded
  
1981

Length
  
6:14

Format
  
7" single12" single

Genre
  
B-side
  
"Love Come Down" (instrumental)

"Love Come Down" is a 1982 hit single by Evelyn King. It was produced by Morrie Brown and written by Kashif. "Love Come Down" was the first single culled from her multi-platinum, number-one R&B album, Get Loose (which charted at #27 on the Billboard 200). In the U.S., it reached number one on the R&B and dance charts and number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100. It cracked the top 20 on the charts in several other countries.

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A reggae version of the song by Jamaican singer Barry Biggs hit the top 5 in The Netherlands in 1983. The song was a UK Top 40 hit in 1994 when covered by British singer Alison Limerick. In 2013, The Saturdays released a cover of the song as a b-side to single "Disco Love". In 2014, Liam Keegan is due to release a version of "Love Come Down" featuring vocalist Julia Schlippert. Jess Glynne also performed a cover of the song on the 2015/16 edition of Jools' Annual Hootenanny.

In 2014, "Love Come Down" has been placed on Bruce Pollock's list of The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000.

Track listing

12" single PD-13274
7" single PB-13273

Credits and personnel

  • Backing vocals – Evelyn "Champagne" King, Kashif
  • Guitar – Ira Siegel
  • Drums – Leslie Ming
  • OB-X handclaps – Kashif, Steve Goldman
  • Percussion instrument – Bashiri Johnson
  • Acoustic piano, electric piano (Fender Rhodes), keyboards, analog synthesizer (Oberheim OB-X), analog bass synthesizer (Minimoog) – Kashif
  • Lyrics and music – Kashif
  • Producer – Morrie Brown, Kashif, Paul Lawrence Jones III
  • Recording studio – Kashif's Celestial Sounds, Power Station
  • Post-production
  • Audio mastering – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
  • Audio mixing – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
  • Sampling

    The song has been sampled several times:

  • "U Make My Love Come Down" by Sweetbox (1998)
  • "Mirrorball Satellite 2012" by M-Flo (1999)
  • "High Come Down" by Da Brat feat. LaTocha Scott and Trey Lorenz (2000)
  • "Diamonds" and Pearls by Papa Reu feat. Lil' Keke (2000)
  • "High Come Down" by Chico & Coolwadda feat. Nate Dogg (2001)
  • "No 1" by Sir Raymond Mang
  • "The One" by Li'l Romeo (2004)
  • "Calm Down" by Capone-N-Noreaga feat. Tragedy Khadafi & Nas (1997)
  • "Love Come Down" by Fabolous (2010)
  • "Love Come Down" by The Saturdays (2013)
  • "Love Come Down" by Liam Keegan feat. Julia Schlippert (2014)
  • "Come Down" by WSTRN (2016)
  • References

    Love Come Down Wikipedia


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