Love Takes Time (Orleans song)
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"Love Takes Time" is a popular song by the rock
and soft rock
band Orleans
. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100
chart in May of 1979 and was their biggest hit since their 1976 single "Still the One." It is arguably their third most popular song overall, behind "Dance with Me
" and "Still the One," and their most popular song without lead singer John Hall. Written by Larry Hoppen and Marilyn Mason, it was the first track on the band's 1979 album Forever
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Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and soft rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
band Orleans
Orleans (band)
Orleans is an American pop-rock band best known for its hits "Dance with Me" , "Still the One", from the album Waking and Dreaming and "Love Takes Time" . The group's name evolved from the music it was playing at the time of their formation, which was inspired by Louisiana artists such as Allen...
. It peaked at number 11 on the 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...
chart in May of 1979 and was their biggest hit since their 1976 single "Still the One." It is arguably their third most popular song overall, behind "Dance with Me
Dance with Me (Orleans song)
Dance with Me is a song by American soft rock band Orleans. On July 19, 1975 it reached number 6 on Billboard's Hot 100 and stayed there for 18 weeks....
" and "Still the One," and their most popular song without lead singer John Hall. Written by Larry Hoppen and Marilyn Mason, it was the first track on the band's 1979 album Forever
Forever (Orleans album)
Forever is a 1979 album from the soft rock band Orleans. The album spawned two singles, "Love Takes Time" and the title track "Forever" .-Track listing:...
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Critical reception
The song received mixed reviews. Though popular, the song was called "bubbly but shallow" by the Lawrence Journal-WorldLawrence Journal-World
The Lawrence Journal-World is a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas by The World Company.-History:Though the Journal-World title only came into existence in 1911, according to the volume number of the current masthead of the paper, the paper dates itself back to 1858.The Simons family...
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