"On the Wings of Love" is a song by

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 ...

from his self-titled debut album released in 1982. Written alongside Peter Schless, the song was the second single from the album. "On the Wings of Love" peaked at #29 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, #13 R&B, and #7 Adult Contemporary. It did well in the UK, where it reached #11. It also hit #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart. The song became his biggest hit in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile in the United States, it was his biggest hit since the L.T.D. song " Back in Love Again", on which he was the lead singer.

Personnel

*Jeffrey Osborne - lead vocals, vocal arrangements, rhythm arrangements, background vocals * George Duke - rhythm arrangements, piano *

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- guitar * Steve Ferrone - drums * Abraham Laboriel, Sr. - bass

Chart history

Weekly charts

Other versions

It appears in a

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for Amazon Prime. It was also covered by Kyla for the Filipino TV series of the same name. In the 4th episode of the 3rd season of

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, Pam sings the song at the funeral.

References

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* 1982 songs 1982 singles Jeffrey Osborne songs Pop ballads A&M Records singles 1980s ballads Song recordings produced by George Duke Songs written by Jeffrey Osborne {{1980s-song-stub