"Love Power" is a song by American singers Dionne Warwick and

Jeffrey Osborne Jeffrey Linton Osborne (born March 9, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and lyricist. He is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/soul group L.T.D., with whom he began his musical career in 1970. Biography Earl ...

. It was written and produced by Burt Bacharach and

Carole Bayer Sager Carole Bayer Sager (born Carol Bayer on March 8, 1947) is an American lyricist, singer, and songwriter. Early life and career Bayer Sager was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She grad ...

for Warwick's studio album, '' Reservations for Two'' (1987), and features an appearance by

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playing the

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solo. Released as its lead singe, it became Warwick's sixth number-one hit on the US ''Billboard''

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chart. The track also reached number 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Love Power" marked her final appearance in the top 40 on the latter chart. For Osborne, "Love Power" was his only number-one Adult Contemporary hit, and it would be his last appearance in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as well, since " She's On the Left," his only number-one R&B hit, would only reach number 48 on that same chart the following year.

Track listings

Personnel

Credits lifted from the liner notes of ''Reservations for Two''. Musicians * Dionne Warwick – lead vocals *

– lead vocals *

– alto saxophone solo *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– keyboards *

David Foster David Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian musician, composer, arranger, record producer and music executive who chaired Verve Records from 2012 to 2016. He has won 16 Grammy Awards from 47 nominations. His music career spans mor ...

– synthesizers * Burt Bacharach – additional synthesizers * Robbie Buchanan – additional synthesizers * David Boruff – synthesizer programming *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

– guitars * Nathan East – bass *

Carlos Vega Carlos Vega (December 7, 1956 – April 7, 1998) was a Cuban-born Los Angeles-based session drummer best known for his performances with James Taylor. As a part of the L.A. studio scene from the late 1970s through the 1990s, Vega contributed to ...

– drums * Tim Feehan – backing vocals *

Joe Pizzulo Joe Pizzulo is an American vocalist best known as one of the lead singers on 1980s hit singles credited to Sérgio Mendes, including " Never Gonna Let You Go" (from Mendes' self-titled 1983 album) and "Alibis" (from the 1984 album ''Confetti''). ...

– backing vocals Production * Clive Davis – executive producer * Burt Bacharach – producer *

– producer * Frank DeCaro – musical contractor * Mick Guzauski – engineer, mixing * Daren Klein – additional engineer * Tommy Vicari – additional engineer * Marnie Riley – assistant engineer * Gary Wagner – assistant engineer *

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– mastering * Maude Gilman – art direction * Ann Petter – design * Harry Langdon – photography * Luiz Archer – fashion stylist * Clifford Peterson – hairdresser * Wynona Price – make–up

Charts

References

1987 singles 1987 songs Dionne Warwick songs Jeffrey Osborne songs Songs with music by Burt Bacharach Songs written by Carole Bayer Sager Male–female vocal duets {{1980s-single-stub