Love Zone
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Love Zone is the sixth album recorded by R&B singer Billy Ocean
. The album includes the hit singles "Love Zone
" and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
," as well as "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
," which had originally been featured on the soundtrack to the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile
.
10. Love Zone (Extended Version)
11. Bittersweet (Extended Version)
12. When The Going Gets Tough (Club Mix)
13. There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) (7" Version)
Billy Ocean
Billy Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...
. The album includes the hit singles "Love Zone
Love Zone (song)
"Love Zone" is the title track from Billy Ocean's 1986 LP. The ballad hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart and was his third single to hit the top spot. "Love Zone" also made it to number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. The single also peaked at number five on the Adult Contemporary charts...
" and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
"There'll Be Sad Songs " is a 1986 single by Billy Ocean. The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. It appears on Ocean's 1986 album Love Zone, which was released on Jive Records...
," as well as "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a popular English language proverb. A song of the same name was recorded by Billy Ocean in 1985 at Battery Studios North London.-Phrase:...
," which had originally been featured on the soundtrack to the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile
The Jewel of the Nile
The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 romantic adventure film, and a sequel to the 1984 film Romancing the Stone, with Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito reprising their roles...
.
Track listing
- "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get GoingWhen The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a popular English language proverb. A song of the same name was recorded by Billy Ocean in 1985 at Battery Studios North London.-Phrase:...
" (5:45) (Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond) - "Love Zone" (5:37) (Ocean, Barry Eastmond, Wayne Braithwaite)
- "Without You" (5:03) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond, Eddie Harris, Tom Johnston, Paul Jones)
- "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)"There'll Be Sad Songs " is a 1986 single by Billy Ocean. The song was written and produced by Wayne Brathwaite and Barry Eastmond; Ocean was also credited as a co-writer for the song. It appears on Ocean's 1986 album Love Zone, which was released on Jive Records...
" (4:55) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond) - "Bittersweet" (4:58) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond, Todd Park Mohr)
- "It's Never Too Late To Try" (4:54) (Ocean, Barry Eastmond, Wayne Braithwaite, Jolyon Skinner)
- "Showdown" (4:58) (Ocean, Barry Eastmond, Wayne Braithwaite, Skinner, Jeff LynneJeff LynneJeffrey "Jeff" Lynne is an English songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer who gained fame as the leader and sole constant member of Electric Light Orchestra and was a co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys together with George Harrison, Bob...
) - "Promise Me" (4:36) (Jonathan Butler, Jolyon Skinner)
- "Love Is ForeverLove Is Forever (Billy Ocean song)"Love Is Forever" is the final track from Love Zone, the 1986 album by Billy Ocean. The song was written by Ocean along with Barry Eastmond and Wayne Braithwaite and was the last of his three number ones on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Love Is Forever" spent three weeks at number one and...
" (4:15) (Ocean, Wayne Braithwaite, Barry Eastmond)
Expanded Edition (released July 2011)
Bonus Tracks10. Love Zone (Extended Version)
11. Bittersweet (Extended Version)
12. When The Going Gets Tough (Club Mix)
13. There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) (7" Version)
Production credits
- Executive producer on track 1: Robert John "Mutt" Lange
- Produced by Barry J. Eastmond and Wayne Brathwaite
- Engineer: Steve Power
- Mixing: Nigel Green