Love Takes Time (Orleans song)
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| "Love Takes Time" | ||||
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 One of side-A labels of the US single | ||||
| Single by Orleans | ||||
| from the album Forever | ||||
| B-side | "Isn't It Easy" | |||
| Released | March 1979 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | Infinity Records | |||
| Songwriters | Larry Hoppen, Marilyn Mason | |||
| Orleans singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Takes Time" is a song by the soft rock band Orleans. It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1979[3] and was their biggest hit since their 1976 single "Still the One."[4] The song also reached number 13 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, "Love Takes Time" peaked at #23 for two weeks.[5]
It is arguably their third most popular song overall, behind "Dance with Me" and "Still the One," and their most popular song without founder John Hall.[6] Written by Larry Hoppen and Marilyn Mason, it was the first track on the band's 1979 album Forever.[7]
The song received mostly positive reviews. Though popular, the song was called "bubbly but shallow" by the Lawrence Journal-World.[8] Cash Box said it has "a strong, rolling chorus" as well as "synthesizer coloration, firm pounding beat, piano, searing guitar fills, tambourine and dynamic singing."[9] Record World called it "a slick pop rocker right in the same mold [as previous Orleans' hits]."[1]
