Your Love Is King

"Your Love Is King"
Single by Sade
from the album Diamond Life
B-side"Love Affair with Life"
ReleasedJanuary 1984[1]
Recorded1983
Genre
Length3:42 (album version)
3:28 (promo version)
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
  • Sade Adu
  • Stuart Matthewman
Producer(s)Robin Millar
Sade singles chronology
"Your Love Is King"
(1984)
"When Am I Going to Make a Living"
(1984)
Music video
"Your Love Is King" on YouTube

"Your Love Is King" is a 1984 debut single by singer Sade and is the leading single from their debut studio album Diamond Life. It went to number 6 in the United Kingdom, number 54 in the United States, number 2 in New Zealand, number 7 in Ireland, number 5 in Italy and number 64 in Australia.

Track listings

  • UK, US, and Dutch 7-inch single
A. "Your Love Is King" – 3:39
B. "Love Affair with Life" (recorded live) – 4:35
  • UK and Dutch 12-inch maxi single
A1. "Your Love Is King" – 3:58
B1. "Smooth Operator"/"Snake Bite" – 7:28
B2. "Love Affair with Life" (recorded live) – 4:35

References

  1. Great Rock Discography. 6 March 1995. p. 712. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hamilton, Andrew. "Sade - Your Love Is King". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. Pitchfork Staff (September 10, 2018). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 25, 2023. Diamond Life, the group's debut, is impeccably balanced between honeyed smooth jazz and gripping pop—as its blockbuster singles, "Smooth Operator" and "Your Love is King," demonstrate.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Wener, Ben (January 1, 1998). "Sade". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 415–416.