Love Zone (song)

"Love Zone"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Love Zone
Released	5 July 1986
Recorded	1985
Genre	R&B, funk
Length	5:36 (Album Version) 4:17 (Radio Edit)
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Wayne Anton Brathwaite, Barry James Eastmond, Billy Ocean
Producer(s)	Barry Eastmond, Wayne Brathwaite
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" (1986) "Love Zone" (1986) "Love Is Forever" (1986)

"Love Zone" is the title track from Billy Ocean's 1986 album. In the US, The ballad hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart and was his third single to hit the top spot. "Love Zone" also reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and number five on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1986) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 91 Canadian Singles (RPM) 18 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 31 UK Singles (OCC)[5] 49 US Billboard Hot 100[6] 10 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] 5 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[8] 1 West Germany (GfK)[9] 73

Year-end charts Chart (1986) Position US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] 42 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[11] 49

Popular culture

• The song was used for the characters of Tina Lord and Cord Roberts on the American soap opera One Life to Live.[12]

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 436.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 184.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St. Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 221. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
4. "Billy Ocean – Love Zone". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
5. "Billy Ocean: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
6. "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
7. "Billy Ocean Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
8. "Billy Ocean Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Billy Ocean – Love Zone" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
10. "Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
11. "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1986". Billboard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
12. Daytime's Greatest Weddings: One Life to Live. Dir. David Seeger. 1993. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004. DVD.