HISTORY OF POP AND ROCK MUSIC - part 373 torrent

PART 373



ROSE ROYCE - Love Don't Live Here Anymore (1978)
JIMMY NAIL - Love Don't Live Here Anymore (1985)
MADONNA - Love Don't Live Here Anymore (1996)


"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" is a song written by Miles Gregory and originally recorded by Rose Royce.After its release (1978), the song was critically appreciated, but was only moderately successful commercially. It reached a peak of 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and five on the Hot Black Singles chart. Its highest position was in the United Kingdom, where it reached two. "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" has been covered by a number of artists, including Morrissey – Mullen, Ms. Dynamite, Faith Evans, Mary J. Blige, and most notably by Madonna.
Jimmy Nail's version was released in 1985 in his native United Kingdom, reaching number three on the UK Singles Chart.
Madonna covered "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" for her second studio album, Like a Virgin, in 1984. It was originally given a single release in March 1986 as a 7" vinyl in Japan only[25] and was given a full release in 1996 as it was included on the 1995 ballads hits compilation Something to Remember. In the United States, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" debuted at the top of the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, a position comparable to 101 on the main Billboard Hot 100. After two weeks, it debuted at 91 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Madonna's 36th entry on the chart, and her first entry with a remake of someone else's single. The song ultimately reached only a peak of 78, and was present for only eight weeks on the chart. On June 8, 1996, the song was one of the breakout tracks for the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. It debuted at 39 on the chart and reached 30 the next week, becoming the Power Pick song of the chart. It ultimately reached a peak of 16 on the chart. It debuted on the Hot Adult Contemporary Chart at 30, and reached a peak of 29, the next week. In Canada, the song debuted at 99 on the RPM Singles Chart, on May 6, 1996. After eight weeks, the song reached a peak of twenty-four on the chart. It was present on the chart for 12 weeks. Across Europe, the song charted in France at 48, and also reached 27 in Australia.