Love Will Save the Day

Infobox Single
Name = Love Will Save the Day


Artist = Whitney Houston
from Album = Whitney
B-side =
Released = July 1988
Format = CD single
Cassette single
7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Pop, R&B
Length = 5:25
Label = Arista Records
Writer = Toni C.
Producer = Jellybean Benitez
Certification =
Last single = "Where Do Broken Hearts Go"
(1988)
This single = "Love Will Save the Day"
(1988)
Next single = "One Moment in Time"
(1988)

"Love Will Save the Day" was the fifth and final single released from Whitney Houston's second album "Whitney". The single was released in July 1988.

"Love Will Save the Day" is the fastest song on the album "Whitney". Produced by Jellybean Benitez, the song is one of the uptempo numbers on the album that also includes "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and "So Emotional".

Chart information

At this time, Whitney Houston had achieved a record-breaking string of seven number-one hits, with four of those #1's from her current album "Whitney". "Love Will Save the Day" did not become Houston's eighth consecutive number one, but continued her trend of hit singles by peaking in the US Top 10. The #9 peak on the Hot 100, amazingly, was Houston's lowest solo peak up to this time. The song also made the Top 10 without the promotion of a music video.

Houston had stronger performaces on the charts prior to this song but it did remain in the top forty for eleven weeks, and reached fifth place on the R&B Chart, and #1 on the Hot Club/Dance Play Tracks.

Internationally, the song mostly saw less success except in the United Kingdom, where it went Top 10 and Switzerland, where it went Top 20. The song only made thirty-seven in Germany; and was a minor hit in Australia, peaking at seventy-seven. However, considering that the single didn't have a music video and that it was a fifth release from an album that was over a year old, "Love Will Save The Day" performed well for Houston and Arista.

Other Versions

*Extended Remix 6:55
*Extended Club Mix 7:58
*A Cappella 5:14
*Dub Will Save The Day 4:58
*Jellybean Mix
*The Underground Mix 7:30
*The Underground Edit 5:40
*Dub 5:30
*Instrumental 5:40
*Radio Single Version 4:19

Charts

"Love Will Save the Day" remained in the Billboard Hot 100 for thirteen weeks. It was Houston's third number-one single on the Billboard Hot Club/Dance Play Charts.