"Love Takes Time" | ||||
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![]() One of side-A labels of the US single | ||||
Single by Orleans | ||||
from the album Forever | ||||
B-side | "Isn't It Easy" | |||
Released | March 1979 | |||
Genre | Rock, pop | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Infinity Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Larry Hoppen, Marilyn Mason | |||
Orleans singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Takes Time" is a song by the soft rock band Orleans. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1979 [1] and was their biggest hit since their 1976 single " Still the One." [2] The song also reached number 13 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, "Love Takes Time" peaked at #23 for two weeks. [3]
It is arguably their third most popular song overall, behind " Dance with Me" and "Still the One," and their most popular song without lead singer John Hall. [4] Written by Larry Hoppen and Marilyn Mason, it was the first track on the band's 1979 album Forever. [5]
The song received mixed reviews. Though popular, the song was called "bubbly but shallow" by the Lawrence Journal-World. [6] Cash Box said it has "a strong, rolling chorus" as well as "synthesizer coloration, firm pounding beat, piano, searing guitar fills, tambourine and dynamic singing." [7] Record World called it "a slick pop rocker right in the same mold [as previous Orleans' hits]." [8]
Chart (1979) | Peak position |
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Australia ( KMR) [9] | 90 |
Canada RPM Top Singles [10] | 23 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 11 |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [11] | 13 |