"Love on Arrival" | ||||
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Single by Dan Seals | ||||
from the album On Arrival | ||||
B-side | "Those"[1] | |||
Released | January 1990 | |||
Recorded | August 1989 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dan Seals | |||
Producer(s) | Kyle Lehning | |||
Dan Seals singles chronology | ||||
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"Love on Arrival" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Dan Seals. It was released in January 1990 as the lead-off single from his album On Arrival. The song spent three weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart that April, making it the longest-running chart-topper of his career.[2]
A 1950s-style rock 'n' roll tune with a prominent saxophone, the singer and his girlfriend communicate using common abbreviations, such as PDQ, TGIF (although here, it means "Thank God I found" you) and TLC. The other abbreviation is "LOA," which is short for the title lyric ("love on arrival"), which the girlfriend promises to her long-absent beau once he arrives home.
Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3] | 1 |
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
Chart (1990) | Position |
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Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] | 56 |
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 12 |
Bluegrass group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver covered the song on their 2011 album, Drive Time.