Love Will Lead You Back

Infobox Single
Name = Love Will Lead You Back


Caption = CD Single Cover
Artist = Taylor Dayne
from Album = Can't Fight Fate
A-side =
B-side = "You Meant the World to Me"
Released = 1990
Format = Cassette single
7" single
CD single
Recorded = 1989
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:24
Label = Arista
Writer = Diane Warren
Producer = Rick Wake
Certification = Gold (US)
Chart position = * #1 (U.S.)
* #1 (U.S.) Adult Contemporary
* #11 (Australia)
Last single = "With Every Beat of My Heart"
(1989)
This single = "Love Will Lead You Back"
(1990)
Next single = "I'll Be Your Shelter"
(1990)
Misc = "Love Will Lead You Back" is a song performed by Taylor Dayne. Released as the second single from Dayne's second album "Can't Fight Fate" (following the more uptempo "With Every Beat of My Heart"), the ballad debuted on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart on January 27, 1990. It reached number one on April 7 that same year and spent 15 weeks in the Top 40. It also reached number one on the "Billboard" Adult Contemporary singles chart and was certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA.

Diane Warren

The song, written by Diane Warren, is about a woman who is willing to set her lover free because she is confident that one day his love will lead him back to her: "Sometimes it takes some time out on your own now / to find your way back home". Warren has stated that she began writing the song while in a hotel in Russia, and that she had originally intended the song to be offered to R&B singer Whitney Houston, but Arista Records president Clive Davis wanted to let Dayne record the song.

Music video

The video was very simple; it shows Dayne and her band in a studio performing the song. The video was released both in black-and-white and sepia tones. In the video, Dayne holds in her hand what seems to be the lyrics of the song, or possibly a letter from her lover.

Charts

Covers

The song was covered by Filipina singer Kyla and by Mexican pop singer Yuri, as well as American R&B singer Patti LaBelle.

ee also

*List of number-one hits (United States)

References

*"The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition, 1996
*"The Billboard Book of #1 Hits", 5th Edition, 2003