Loverboy (Billy Ocean song)
| "Loverboy" | ||||
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Standard picture sleeve (the US release has a different front cover) | ||||
| Single by Billy Ocean | ||||
| from the album Suddenly | ||||
| B-side | "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)" | |||
| Released | 15 November 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
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| Length | 5:15 (album version) 4:11 (single version) 3:58 (US single version) 8:08 (extended version) | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange | |||
| Producer(s) | Keith Diamond Robert John "Mutt" Lange (exec.) | |||
| Billy Ocean singles chronology | ||||
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"Loverboy" is Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly. It was produced by Keith Diamond and reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as hitting number 20 on the soul chart, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985. It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the US, in an extended version. The track was released on the Jive label under the catalogue reference, JIVE 80. The song was played in the first episode of the long-running BBC One medical drama Casualty on 6 September 1986.
The single was also a massive success in South Africa, reaching No. 1 on the Springbok Charts, remaining in that position for 11 of the 26 weeks it charted. It was also the No. 1 single of 1985 on that country's year-end charts.