"Love X Love"
Single by George Benson
from the album Give Me the Night
ReleasedSeptember 1980
Length3:48 (single edit) / 4:45 (album)
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Rod Temperton
Producer(s)Quincy Jones
George Benson singles chronology
"Give Me the Night"
(1980) 		"Love X Love"
(1980) 		"What's on Your Mind"
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard(unrated)[1]

"Love X Love" is a song written by Heatwave's keyboard player Rod Temperton and recorded by American guitarist and singer George Benson. Featured on Benson's Give Me the Night album, it was also released as a single. In Britain, it entered the UK Singles Chart on 26 July 1980 and reached a peak position of number 10, remaining in the chart for eight weeks.[2] In the US "Love X Love" made the Hot 100 and was a Top 10 soul hit.

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 57
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[5] 8
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 61
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 9

References

  1. ^ "Review: George Benson – Love X Love" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 40. 4 October 1980. p. 110. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  2. ^ Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan; Gambaccini, Paul (1990), Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-398-8
  3. ^ "Australian Top 100 Singles". rateyourmusic.com.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love X Love". Irish Singles Chart.
  5. ^ "George Benson – Love X Love". Top 40 Singles.
  6. ^ "George Benson: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  7. ^ "George Benson Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  8. ^ "George Benson Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
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