Whenever There Is Love
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"Whenever There Is Love" is a song written by American singer and songwriter Bruce Roberts
and Sam Roman for the 1996 disaster film
Daylight
starring Sylvester Stallone
. The song was recorded as a duet by Roberts and singer Donna Summer
and was released as a single in both the U.S. and Europe
, including dance remixes by Junior Vasquez
. The David Foster
produced power ballad "Whenever There Is Love", like the Daylight movie itself, met with fairly limited success on its release, peaking outside the Billboard Hot 100
chart (#109).
"Whenever There Is Love" was by no means Bruce Roberts' and Donna Summer's first collaboration. In 1979 he co-wrote her number one disco duet with Barbra Streisand
, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
", with the late Paul Jabara
, and the same year he also wrote the ballad "All Through The Night" with Summer for her multiplatinum selling album Bad Girls
, a song which he in turn covered on his 1995 album Intimacy
.
Bruce Roberts (singer)
Bruce Roberts is a singer and songwriter. In 1995 he released the album Intimacy which featured musical and vocal contributions by many notable artists...
and Sam Roman for the 1996 disaster film
Disaster film
A disaster film is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject...
Daylight
Daylight (film)
Daylight is a 1996 disaster film, starring Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, and Danielle Harris. It was directed by Rob Cohen and released in theaters on December 6, 1996.-Plot:...
starring Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...
. The song was recorded as a duet by Roberts and singer Donna Summer
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
and was released as a single in both the U.S. and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, including dance remixes by Junior Vasquez
Junior Vasquez
Junior Vasquez, , is an American club DJ and remixer/producer.-Career:...
. The David Foster
David Foster
David Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
produced power ballad "Whenever There Is Love", like the Daylight movie itself, met with fairly limited success on its release, peaking outside 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 (#109).
"Whenever There Is Love" was by no means Bruce Roberts' and Donna Summer's first collaboration. In 1979 he co-wrote her number one disco duet with Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
"No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song...
", with the late Paul Jabara
Paul Jabara
Paul Jabara was an American actor, singer, and songwriter of Lebanese ancestry. He wrote Donna Summer's "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday and Barbra Streisand's song "The Main Event/Fight" from The Main Event...
, and the same year he also wrote the ballad "All Through The Night" with Summer for her multiplatinum selling album Bad Girls
Bad Girls (album)
Bad Girls is the seventh studio album by American pop singer Donna Summer, released April 25, 1979 on Casablanca Records. Originally issued as a double album, it incorporates such musical styles as disco, soul, and rock...
, a song which he in turn covered on his 1995 album Intimacy
Intimacy (Bruce Roberts album)
Intimacy is the name of an album released by Bruce Roberts in 1995. It featured musical and vocal contributions by many notable artists.-Track listing:#"Intimacy" #"Real"...
.
US remix 12" & Promo CD Single
- (Club Mix) - 9:47
- (Club Dub) - 7:49
- (Riff Dub) - 4:56
- (Tribal Beats) - 4:01
- (Instrumental) - 5:08
- (7" Edit) - 4:06
Spanish CD single
- (Album Version) - 4:30
- El Amor Verdadero (Spanish Version) - 4:30
- All remixes by Junior Vasquez