"Love & Pride" is the debut, 1984, single by Coventry

Coventry

Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...

 band King

King (band)

King were a British New Wave pop band of the mid 1980s, from Coventry. Their name comes from the surname of lead singer Paul King. The band recorded two albums for CBS Records ; both were produced by Richard James Burgess and certified gold.-Overview:The band was formed from the remnants of...

 and produced by Richard James Burgess

Richard James Burgess

Richard James Burgess is a studio drummer, music-computer programmer, recording artist, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor. He was the producer for Spandau Ballet's first two albums.-Education:...

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In May 1984, the single initially reached a chart ranking of 84 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

. When the group performed the song on Saturday morning television towards the end of the year, the single was re-released and became a hit in early 1985, reaching number two. It later climbed to a peak of number 55 in the US Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

 in August 1985. Burgess remixed the single several times for B sides and twelve inch versions and these fueled the international club success of the single and subsequent album, Steps in Time

Steps in Time

Steps in Time is the 1984 debut album by the English Coventry band King, produced by Richard James Burgess and released by CBS Records. Although lasting just two years and a half, King had five UK Top 40 hit songs, including two Top 10 hits: "Love & Pride" , the re-release of their debut single...

. The dance mixes of "Love & Pride" pushed it to a peak position of seventeen on the American dance charts.