"Is It Love You're After?" is a 1979 song by Rose Royce from the 1979 album Rainbow Connection IV,[1] which was the last album with lead singer Gwen Dickey before she left to embark on a solo career. It was also the band's fourth highest-charting single in the UK.
| "Is It Love You're After?" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Rose Royce | ||||
| from the album Rainbow Connection IV | ||||
| B-side | "You Can't Run From Yourself" | |||
| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1979 | |||
| Genre | Disco | |||
| Length | 3:50 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Miles Gregory | |||
| Rose Royce singles chronology | ||||
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| Official video | ||||
| "Is It Love You're After?" on YouTube | ||||
Chart performance
edit| Chart | Peak
Position |
|---|---|
| Belgium | 23 |
| Ireland | 17 |
| Netherlands | 42 |
| UK (The Official Charts Company)[2] | 13 |
| US | 105 |
| US Hot Soul Singles[3] | 31 |
Personnel
edit- Gwen Dickey – lead vocals
- Kenny Copeland – trumpet
- Kenji Brown – guitar
- Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass
- Michael Nash – keyboards
- Henry Garner – drums
- Freddie Dunn – trumpet
- Michael Moore – saxophone
- Terry Santiel – congas
Samples
edit- The brass riff of the song was sampled for S'Express' 1988 song "Theme From S'Express," which reached no. 1 in the UK.[4]
References
edit- ^ Henderson, Alex. Rainbow Connection IV review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 501.
- ^ "www.whosampled.com". Retrieved October 31, 2022.