"Long Live Love"
Single by LeAnn Rimes
from the album Remnants
ReleasedDecember 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)
Length3:19
Label
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LeAnn Rimes singles chronology
"How to Kiss a Boy"
(2016) 		"Long Live Love"
(2016) 		"Love Is Love Is Love"
(2017)

"Long Live Love" is a song recorded by American singer LeAnn Rimes for her sixteenth studio album, Remnants (2016). Rimes co-wrote and co-produced the track with Darrell Brown and Mark Batson, with additional production from Niko Bolas. The song was released to digital retailers on December 2, 2016 through RCA Records and Sony Music UK as the album's third single.[1] The song serves as the record's official lead single in North America and impacted American radio in January 2017.[2][3]

"Long Live Love" has become Rimes' second number one hit on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

Release and promotion

"Long Live Love" was released to digital retailers worldwide on December 2, 2016 through RCA Records and Sony Music UK.[1] The following week, the North American release date of Remnants was announced by Billboard.[4] While previously-released UK singles "The Story" and "How to Kiss a Boy" are available in the United States, "Long Live Love" serves as the official lead single in that market.[2][4][5] It was serviced to American hot adult contemporary radio on January 23, 2017,[3] marking Rimes's first radio-promoted single in four years since "Gasoline and Matches" in 2013.

Rimes embarked upon the Long Live Love Club Tour in January 2017 in Los Angeles, California and later took the tour to the United Kingdom.[5][4] Rimes performed the song live on The Today Show on February 3, 2017.[6] Following the song's #1 success on the Dance Club Songs chart, RCA and Sony commissioned a set of official remixes to further promote the single, which were released as an extended play on February 10, 2017.[7]

Critical reception

Jason Scott of AXS wrote that "Long Live Love" was "among the singer's best recordings," and attributed the song's lyrical success to Rimes's life experience.[8] Matt Bjorke of country music blog Roughstock called the song a "great tempo-filled track" and noted its suitability for adult contemporary radio.[9]

Commercial performance

"Long Live Love" debuted at number 37 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart dated January 7, 2017.[10] It reached the top spot on the chart dated March 4, 2017; with this peak, it became Rimes's second single to reach number one on the chart after "What I Cannot Change" in 2009.[11]

Track listing

Long Live Love (The Remixes) – EP[12]
No.TitleLength
1."Long Live Love" (Dave Audé Club)5:39
2."Long Live Love" (Dave Audé Edit)3:57
3."Long Live Love" (Ivan Gomez Club)6:54
4."Long Live Love" (Ivan Gomez Edit)4:14
5."Long Live Love" (DJ Deville Remix)3:18
6."Long Live Love" (DrewG. Remix)6:31
7."Long Live Love" (DrewG. Dub) 
Total length:24:02

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[13] 38
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[11] 1

Release history

List of releases, showing region, release date, format, label, and reference
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Worldwide December 2, 2016 Digital download
[1]
United States January 23, 2017 Hot adult contemporary radio
  • Thirty Tigers
  • RED
 [3]
Worldwide February 10, 2017 Digital download – Remixes EP
  • RCA
  • Sony UK
 [12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Amazon.com: Long Live Love: LeAnn Rimes: MP3 Downloads". Amazon Music. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Betts, Stephen L. (December 9, 2016). "LeAnn Rimes Announces New Album 'Remnants'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Hot/Modern/AC Future Releases". All Access Media Group. Archived from the original on January 8, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Stutz, Colin (December 7, 2016). "LeAnn Rimes Announces New Album 'Remnants': Exclusive". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Houghton, Cillea (December 8, 2016). "LeAnn Rimes Brings the Love With New Album, 'Remnants'". Taste of Country. Townsquare Media. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  6. ^ "Watch LeAnn Rimes perform 'Long Live Love' from her latest album live on TODAY" (video). TODAY. NBCUniversal. February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  7. ^ LeAnn Rimes, Long Live Love, retrieved 2017-10-06
  8. ^ Scott, Jason (February 6, 2017). "Live Review: LeAnn Rimes rebuilds her kingdom at New York's (Le) Poisson Rouge". AXS TV. 2929 Entertainment. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  9. ^ Bjorke, Matt (February 7, 2017). "Album Review: LeAnn Rimes - "Remnants"". Roughstock. Cheri Media. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  10. ^ "Chart history of "Long Live Love" on Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  12. ^ a b "Amazon.com: Long Live Love (The Remixes): LeAnn Rimes: MP3 Downloads". Amazon Music. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  13. ^ "LeAnn Rimes Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
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