"Love Overboard" is a Grammy Award-winning 1987 single by Gladys Knight & the Pips.

"Love Overboard"
Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips
from the album All Our Love
ReleasedNovember 1987
Recorded1987
GenreR&B, dance-pop
Length5:26
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Reggie Calloway
Producer(s)Reggie Calloway & Vincent Calloway for Calloco, Inc.
Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology
"Come Back and Finish What You Started"
(1978)
"Love Overboard"
(1987)

Chart performance

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"Love Overboard" was the group's last of ten #1 hits on the Hot Black Singles chart. It crossed over to #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart as well.[1] The single was also successful on the dance charts, peaking at number four.[2] It also peaked at #59 on the Canada RPM Top 100 Singles chart.

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  • Knight performs the song in a dream sequence on the episode "Three Girls Three" of A Different World, with Whitley and Jaleesa singing background for her (instead of the Pips).

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 331.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 147.