Love Has the Power
| "Love Has the Power" | ||||
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| Single by Toto | ||||
| from the album Past to Present 1977–1990 | ||||
| B-side | "The Seventh One" | |||
| Released | June 11, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989 | |||
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| Genre | Funk rock | |||
| Length | 6:32 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
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"Love Has the Power" is a song by the American band Toto. It was the debut single from their first greatest hits compilation album Past to Present 1977–1990. The track marked the first recording to feature lead vocalist Jean-Michel Byron, who joined the band during 1989. The single peaked at #22 on the Dutch Single Top 100 chart. The track features an extensive choir providing backing vocals during the chorus. The song, together with "Can You Hear What I'm Saying" is dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.[1]
Personnel
Toto
- Jean-Michel Byron – lead and backing vocals
- Steve Lukather – guitar, backing vocals
- David Paich – piano, backing vocals
- Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
- Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion
Additional musicians
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
- Alexandra Brown – backing vocals
- Alfie Silas – backing vocals
- Carmen Twillie – backing vocals
- Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals
- Debbie Hall – backing vocals
- Gene Morford – backing vocals
- John Bahler – backing vocals
- Luthur Waters – backing vocals
- Lynn Davis – backing vocals
- Maxine Waters – backing vocals
- Oren Waters – backing vocals
- Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
- Phyllis St. James – backing vocals
- Susan Boyd – backing vocals
- Willie Green Jr. – backing vocals
Charts
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[2] | 22 |
Cover versions
In 1991, Byron released a cover version of this song for his debut album Byron.
References
- ↑ "TOTO rocks Song information".
- ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Toto" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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