Facts of Love

{{Short description|1986 single by Jeff Lorber featuring Karyn White}}

{{For|the song by Climie Fisher|Coming In for the Kill}}{{For|the album by Kim Boyce|Facts of Love (album)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Facts of Love

| cover = JeffLorberFactsOfLove.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jeff Lorber featuring Karyn White

| album = Private Passion

| B-side = Sand Castles

| released = 1986

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Dance-pop{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Karyn White's "Romantic" |website= Stereogum |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2170931/the-number-ones-karyn-whites-romantic/columns/the-number-ones/|date= December 20, 2021|accessdate= October 4, 2022}}

| length = {{ubl|4:32 (album and 12-inch version)|4:00 (single version)}}

| label = Warner Bros.

| writer = Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers

| producer = {{ubl|Carl Sturken|Evan Rogers|Jeff Lorber}}

| chronology = Jeff Lorber

| prev_title = True Confessions

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Back In Love

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternate cover

| type = single

| cover = JeffLorberFactsOfLoveUK.jpg

| caption = Cover for UK release

}}

}}

"Facts of Love" is a song by Jeff Lorber with Karyn White on lead vocals. It was released as a single in 1986 from their album Private Passion.{{cite web|url=https://urbanbridgez.com/2020/04/19/ub-revisit-the-return-of-karyn-white-interview/|title=UB ReVisit: The Return of 'Karyn White' Interview|website=Urban Bridgez|date=April 19, 2020|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWAAm34yCpYC|last=Michaels|first=Randolph|title=Flashbacks to Happiness: Eighties Music Revisited|pages=392|date=2005|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595370078|accessdate=June 18, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjBLAAAAYAAJ|title=Blues & Soul: Issues 526-537|pages=11|date=1989|publisher=Napfield Limited|accessdate=June 18, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fWAAm34yCpYC|last=Pitts|first=Leonard Jr.|title=Hasta La Vista, Baby|pages=22–24|journal=Spin |volume=5 |issue=2|date=May 1989|publisher=SPIN Media|isbn=9780595370078|accessdate=June 18, 2020|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3fAmAQAAIAAJ|title=The New Yorker: Vol. 65|pages=83|date=1989|publisher=FR Publishing Corporation|accessdate=June 18, 2020|via=Google Books}} The song peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Lorber's only Top 40 hit.

Chart performance

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Chart (1986–87)

! Peak
position

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeff-lorber/chart-history/hsi/|title=Facts of Love (Hot 100)|website=Billboard|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|27

US Billboard Black Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeff-lorber/chart-history/bsi/|title=Facts of Love (R&B)|website=Billboard|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|17

US Billboard Dance Club Songs{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/jeff-lorber/chart-history/dsi/|title=Facts of Love (Dance)|website=Billboard|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|9

UK Singles{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22642/jeff-lorber/|title=Facts of Love (UK)|website=Official Charts Company|accessdate=June 18, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|95

See also

References