"In the Name of Love" | ||||
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Single by Earth, Wind & Fire | ||||
from the album In The Name of Love | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Genre | Pop, R&B | |||
Label | Avex Trax | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Maurice White | |||
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology | ||||
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"In the Name of Love" is a single by R&B/ funk band Earth, Wind & Fire issued in 1996 by Avex Trax. [1] The song reached No. 9 on the Japanese Oricon Singles Chart. [2]
In the Name of Love was produced by Maurice White who composed the song alongside Melanie Andrews, Morris Pleasure, Sheldon Reynolds and Betty Reynolds. This single's b-side was another song entitled Cruising. Both of these tunes came upon Earth, Wind & Fire's 1997 album In The Name of Love. [1]
Phyl Garland of Stereo Review wrote "The signature shouting horns provide an exciting response to the strutting vocals of the catchy title song." [3] Geoffrey Himes of the Washington Post found "Maurice White's lead vocals engage the horns in a heady call-and-response dialogue." [4] David Wild of Rolling Stone also called the tune "classic sounding." [5]