Love & Pride

"Love & Pride"
Single by King
from the album Steps in Time
Released	April 1984
Length	3:20
Label	CBS
Songwriter(s)	Paul King, Mick Roberts
Producer(s)	Richard James Burgess
King singles chronology
"Love & Pride" (1984) "Soul on My Boots" (1984)

"Love & Pride" is the debut single by British band King, produced by Richard James Burgess and featured on the band's first studio album, Steps in Time.

The single was first released in April 1984 but was not a success, spending only three weeks on the UK Singles Chart and reaching a lowly No. 84.[1] However, after the group performed the song on Saturday morning television at the end of 1984, CBS Records re-released it and it became a big hit. "Love & Pride" hit No. 2 on the UK chart in February 1985, remaining there for three consecutive weeks and only being held from the top spot by "I Know Him So Well", the duet by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson.

The single failed to duplicate this success in the US, where it stalled at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was more popular in clubs, where two separate 12" remixes propelled it to No. 17 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.[2] The single features a Prophet 5 synthesizer.

British electronic band Cicada sampled portions of "Love & Pride" on their song "Woh" off their 2011 album Sunburst.

Track listings

7" CBS Records / A 4988 (UK)

• A "Love & Pride" – 3:20
• B "Don't Stop" – 4:15 [3]

2 x 7" (Double Pack) CBS Records / DA 4988 (UK)

• A1 "Love & Pride" – 3:20
• A2 "Don't Stop" – 4:15
• B1 "Love & Pride" (Live Version)
• B2 "I Kissed the Spikey Fridge" (Live Version) [4]

12" CBS Records / TX 4988 (UK)

• A1 "Love & Pride" (Body & Soul Mix) – 5:27
• B1 "Don't Stop" (Edit) – 3:38
• B2 "Classic Strangers" – 3:32 [5]

12" Epic / 49 05236 (US)

• A "Love & Pride" (Extended Mix) – 6:14
• B "Love & Pride" (Dub Mix) – 4:05 [6]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1985) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 8 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 21 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 3 Europe (European Top 100 Singles)[10] 9 Ireland (IRMA)[11] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 2 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] 2 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[14] 24 South Africa (Springbok Radio)[15] 7 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 3 UK Singles (OCC)[17] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[18] 55 West Germany (GfK)[19] 8

Year-end charts Chart (1985) Position Australia (Kent Music Report)[20] 80 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[21] 34 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] 18 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 26 UK Singles (OCC)[24][25] 10 West Germany (Official German Charts)[26] 68

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10. "European Top 100 Singles". Eurotipsheet. Vol. 2, no. 13. 1 April 1985. p. 10.
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20. "Kent Music Report No 599 – 30 December 1985 > National Top 100 Singles for 1985". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 23 January 2023 – via Imgur.
21. "Jaaroverzichten 1985" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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26. "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1985" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 9 May 2023.