"Love Take Over" was a 1985 hit single by British pop group Five Star

Five Star

Five Star are a British pop / R&B group, formed in 1983. Comprising siblings Stedman, Lorraine, Denise, Doris and Delroy Pearson, they were known for their flamboyant image, matching costumes and heavily choreographed dance routines...

. The single was written by Rob Van Schaick and Bernard Oates, who had a hit single called "Say Yeah" themselves the same year under the name of "The Limit". "Love Take Over" was a UK Top 30 success, peaking at #25 and also at #9 in the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...

chart.

Track listings

7” Single and 7" picture disc:

1. Love Take Over

2. Keep In Touch
12” Single: PT40354

1. Love Take Over (Extended Version) 6:06 *

2. Keep In Touch

3. Let Me Be The One (Instrumental Version) aka Long Hot Soulful Summer Mix
12” Single: PT40354(R)

1. Love Take Over (The Limit Edition Mix) 6:20 **

2. Love Take Over (Dub Take Over) 7:03

3. Keep In Touch

4. Let Me Be The One (Instrumental Version) aka Long Hot Soulful Summer Mix
U.S. 12” Single: JW-14324 (PW-14324)

1. Love Take Over (The Limit Edition Mix) 6:20

2. Love Take Over (The Limit Edition Mix - Edit) 4:29

3. Love Take Over (Dub Take Over) 7:03
* The 6:06 extended version of Love Take Over was released on the Disco Giants CD by PRG Records in 2007 (Cat no: PTG34035)

** The 6.20 Limit Edition Mix of Love Take Over was released as an extra track on the 2010 remastered 'Luxury Of Life' album.