"Love Overboard" is a

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-winning 1987 single by

Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips were an American R&B, soul and funk family music group from Atlanta, Georgia, that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for over three decades starting from the early 1950s. Starting out as simpl ...

Chart performance

"Love Overboard" was the group's last of ten #1 hits on the

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chart. It crossed over to #13 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart as well. The single was also successful on the dance charts, peaking at number four. It also peaked at #59 on the

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chart.

Popular culture

*Knight performs the song in a dream sequence on the episode "

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" of ''

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'', with Whitley and Jaleesa singing background for her (instead of the Pips).

References

1987 songs 1987 singles Gladys Knight & the Pips songs MCA Records singles Songs written by Reggie Calloway {{1980s-R&B-song-stub