Keep On Loving You (song)

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For other uses, see Keep On Loving You (disambiguation).
"Keep On Loving You"
Single by REO Speedwagon
from the album Hi Infidelity
B-side Follow My Heart
Released November 4, 1980
Format 7"
Recorded September 3, 1980
Genre Soft rock[1][2]
Length 3:22
Label Epic
Writer(s) Kevin Cronin
Producer(s) Kevin Beamish, Kevin Cronin, Alan Gratzer, Gary Richrath
REO Speedwagon singles chronology
"Time for Me to Fly"
(1978)		 "Keep On Loving You"
(1980)		 "Take It on the Run"
(1981)
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"Keep On Loving You" is a soft rock power ballad written by Kevin Cronin and performed by American rock band REO Speedwagon. It features the lead guitar work of Gary Richrath. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon's 1980 album Hi Infidelity. It was the first REO Speedwagon single to break the top 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching the number-one spot for one week in March 1981.[3] The single was certified Platinum for U.S. sales of over one million copies. It peaked at number seven in the UK Singles Chart.[4] "Keep On Loving You" has been described as "a mainstay on most '80s soft rock compilations" and has appeared on dozens of 'various artists' compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums.[5]

In popular culture

The song has been featured in numerous films, beginning with the 1982 film The Last American Virgin. It has subsequently featured in Crank: High Voltage, Smiley Face, and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past as well as appearing on the soundtrack to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. In 2015, it appeared in the TV series Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp. A cover version by The Donnas appears in the 1999 film Drive Me Crazy, a RIM Blackberry advertisement and in the TV series Cougar Town.

Music video

In 1981, the music video of the song was the 17th played on the first day of broadcast of MTV, on August 1. It was framed by a scene of Kevin Cronin talking about his relationship troubles with a female psychiatrist and contained a shot where a woman picked up a telephone connected to Gary Richrath's guitar, referencing the live version of "157 Riverside Avenue."[6]

Personnel

REO Speedwagon

Other Personnel

Charts

See also

References

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  3. ↑ List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1981
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  8. ↑ CHART NUMBER 1261 – Saturday, March 14, 1981 at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 November 2006). CHUM. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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  12. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – REO Speedwagon - Keep On Loving You search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
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  22. ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MARCH 7, 1981 at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  23. ↑ RECORD WORLD 1981 at the Wayback Machine (archived July 15, 2004). Record World. Geocities.com. Retrieved 14 February, 2015.
  24. ↑ REO Speedwagon
  25. ↑ Charts!
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  30. ↑ The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1981 at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 September 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  31. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

External links

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Preceded by US Cash Box number-one single
March 7, 1981		 Succeeded by
"Woman" by John Lennon
Preceded by
"9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
March 21, 1981		 Succeeded by
"Rapture" by Blondie
Preceded by
"9 to 5" by Dolly Parton
 US Record World number-one single
March 21, 1981		 Succeeded by
"9 to 5" by Dolly Parton

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