Love Will Conquer All

{{Infobox song

| name = Love Will Conquer All

| cover = Love_Will_Conquer_All_-_Lionel_Richie.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Lionel Richie

| album = Dancing on the Ceiling

| B-side = "The Only One"

| released = September 1986{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Lionel+Richie&titel=Love+Will+Conquer+All|title=Lionel Richie singles|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}

| recorded = Fall 1985

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop, soul

| length = 5:40

| label = Motown

| writer = Greg Phillinganes, Cynthia Weil, Lionel Richie

| producer = Lionel Richie, James Anthony Carmichael

| prev_title = Dancing on the Ceiling

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = "Ballerina Girl" (1986) /

| next_year = 1987

}}

"Love Will Conquer All" is a track from Lionel Richie's 1986 album Dancing on the Ceiling featuring Marva King on backing vocals. The song was written by Richie along with Greg Phillinganes and Cynthia Weil. "Love Will Conquer All" was Richie's tenth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. The single spent two weeks at number one and peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=204}} "Love Will Conquer All" also went to number two for two weeks on the soul chart, behind "Tasty Love" by Freddie Jackson.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=492}}

Music video

The video is a road trip by Richie from San Francisco to Los Angeles through the rain and night to catch a woman who is concurrently leaving a note for him, refusing to answer his calls, and planning to leave.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jx19_lionel-richie-love-will-conquer-all_music |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-04-22 |archive-date=2011-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601044701/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3jx19_lionel-richie-love-will-conquer-all_music |url-status=dead }}

Track listings

7" Single

  1. "Love Will Conquer All" 4:18
  2. "The Only One" 4:17

12" Single

  1. "Love Will Conquer All" (12" Vocal Version) 7:01
  2. "Love Will Conquer All" (Instrumental) 6:18
  3. "Love Will Conquer All" (Radio Edit) 5:01
  4. "The Only One" 4:17

Note: tracks 1-3 remixed by Shep Pettibone

Charts

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!Chart (1986–1987)

!Peak
position

style="text-align:left;"|Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=252}}

| style="text-align:center;"|71

Canadian RPM Top SinglesPeaked on RPM 100 Singles Chart on December 6, 1986

| style="text-align:center;"|19

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)

|align="center"|24

New Zealand Singles Chart

|align="center"|24

South Africa (Springbok){{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(R).html|website=Rock.co.za|accessdate=5 September 2018}}

|align="center"|24

UK Singles Chart

|align="center"|45

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

|align="center"|9

U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles

|align="center"|2

U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks

|align="center"|1

class="wikitable"
Year-end chart (1986)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine |date=December 27, 1986 |title=1986 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles |page=Y-21 |magazine=Billboard |volume=98 |issue=52}}

| style="text-align:center;"|97

Cover versions

References

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