"Stop Loving You" is a song from the rock band Toto from their album ''

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''. It features

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on backing vocals. It was released as the first single from the album in Europe, peaking at No. 2 in The Netherlands and Belgium.

Music video

A music video was produced for this song showing Joseph Williams kicking furniture and pushing away other objects in a building, displaying his disgust at the loss of a girlfriend. The band together performs in other parts of the video. At the end of the video, a woman calls and asks, "Joseph, are you there?"

Personnel

;Toto * Joseph Williams – lead and backing vocals *

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– lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals *

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...

– keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals *

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– bass guitar *

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– drums, percussion ;Additional musicians *

– backing vocals * Michael G. Fisher – percussion *

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– synthesizers * Tom Scott – horn arrangements *

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, Gary Grant, Gary Herbig,

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and Tom Scott – horns

Charts

Year-End Chart

Live versions

With original lead vocalist Joseph Williams having left the group not long after the song's recording, lead vocal duties on the song were passed on to

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in 2002. Before that many touring members had sung the song on Toto's live concerts. For their live album,

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and final concerts, Toto performed a semi jazz version of the song. Since Williams' return in 2010, "Stop Loving You" has since appeared on ''35th Anniversary Tour'' and '' 40 Trips Around the Sun'', two live albums released in 2014 and 2018 respectively.

References

{{Authority control Toto (band) songs 1988 singles Songs written by David Paich 1988 songs Columbia Records singles Songs written by Steve Lukather