"Loverboy" | ||||
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Single by Billy Ocean | ||||
from the album Suddenly | ||||
B-side | "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)" | |||
Released | 15 November 1984 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 5:15 (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 | ||||
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"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.
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]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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"Loverboy" | |
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Single by Boystar | |
Released | 6 October 2002 |
Recorded | 2002 |
Genre | Pop |
Length | 3:37 |
Label | MRA 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]
"Loverboy" was released on a 5-track CD single[19]
Chart (2002) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA Charts)[20] | 12 |