Love Come Down

For the film, see Love Come Down (film).

"Love Come Down"
File:Love Come Down.jpg Artwork for the 12" single
Single by Evelyn King
from the album Get Loose
Released	July 1982
Format	7" single 12" single
Recorded	1981
Genre	Post-disco
Length	6:14
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Kashif
Producer(s)	Morrie Brown Kashif Paul Lawrence Jones III
Certification	Gold
Evelyn King singles chronology
"Spirit of the Dancer" (1982) "Love Come Down" (1982) "Betcha She Don't Love You" (1982) Music video "Love Come Down" on YouTube

"Love Come Down" is a hit single by Evelyn King. It was produced by Morrie Brown and written by Kashif. "Love Come Down" was the first single culled from her multi-platinum, number-one R&B album, Get Loose (which charted at #27 on the Billboard 200). In the U.S., it reached number one on the R&B and dance charts and number seventeen on the Billboard Hot 100. It cracked the top 20 on the charts in several other countries.

A reggae version of the song by Jamaican singer Barry Biggs hit the top 5 in The Netherlands in 1983. The song was a UK Top 40 hit in 1994 when covered by British singer Alison Limerick. In 2013, The Saturdays released a cover of the song as a b-side to single Disco Love. In 2014, Liam Keegan is due to release a version of Love Come Down featuring vocalist Julia Schlippert.

In 2014, "Love Come Down" has been placed on Bruce Pollock's list of The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000.

Track listing

12" single PD-13274

A-side
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Come Down" (Vocal)	6:16

B-side
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Come Down" (Instrumental)	5:56

7" single PB-13273

A-side
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Come Down" (Vocal)	3:43

B-side
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Love Come Down" (Instrumental)	3:43

Credits and personnel

• Backing vocals – Evelyn "Champagne" King, Kashif
• Guitar – Ira Siegel
• Drums – Leslie Ming
• OB-X handclaps – Kashif, Steve Goldman
• Percussion instrument – Bashiri Johnson
• Acoustic piano, electric piano (Fender Rhodes), keyboards, analog synthesizer (Oberheim OB-X), analog bass synthesizer (Minimoog) – Kashif
• Lyrics and music – Kashif
• Producer – Morrie Brown, Kashif, Paul Lawrence Jones III
• Recording studio – Kashif's Celestial Sounds, Power Station

Post-production

• Audio mastering – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
• Audio mixing – Sigma Sound Studios, New York

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
French Singles Chart	19
Japan Singles Chart	10
UK Singles Chart	7
US Billboard Hot 100	17
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs	1
US Billboard Hot Black Singles	1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	3

Sampling

The song has been sampled several times:

• "U Make My Love Come Down" by Sweetbox (1998)
• "Mirrorball Satellite 2012" by M-Flo (1999)
• "High Come Down" by Da Brat feat. LaTocha Scott and Trey Lorenz (2000)
• "Diamonds" and Pearls by Papa Reu feat. Lil' Keke (2000)
• "High Come Down" by Chico & Coolwadda feat. Nate Dogg (2001)
• "No 1" by Sir Raymond Mang
• "Calm Down" by Capone-N-Noreaga feat. Tragedy Khadafi & Nas (1997)
• "Love Come Down" by Fabolous (2010)
• "Love Come Down" by The Saturdays (2013)
• "Love Come Down" by Liam Keegan feat. Julia Schlippert (2014)

References

• Evelyn "Champagne" King discography at Billboard.com
• WhoSampled.com

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Walking on Sunshine" by Rockers Revenge featuring Donnie Calvin	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single September 25 – October 9, 1982	Succeeded by Redd Hott (all cuts) by Sharon Redd
Preceded by "Jump to It" by Aretha Franklin	Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single October 2–30, 1982	Succeeded by "Sexual Healing" by Marvin Gaye