Lovelite
title: "Lovelite" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1984-singles", "1984-songs", "capitol-records-singles"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovelite" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox song"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lovelite |
| type | single |
| artist | O'Bryan |
| album | Be My Lover |
| released | February 1984 |
| genre | Soul |
| length | 6:47 (Vocal, 12") |
| 3:59 (single edit) | |
| label | Capitol Records (US V-8583) |
| writer | Don Cornelius, O'Bryan McCoy Burnette Jr. |
| producer | Friendship Producers Company, O'Bryan |
| prev_title | Soul Train's a 'Comin' (Party Down) |
| prev_year | 1983 |
| next_title | Breakin' Together |
| next_year | 1984 |
| :: |
| name = Lovelite | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = O'Bryan | album = Be My Lover | released = February 1984 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Soul | length = 6:47 (Vocal, 12") 3:59 (single edit) | label = Capitol Records (US V-8583) | writer = Don Cornelius, O'Bryan McCoy Burnette Jr. | producer = Friendship Producers Company, O'Bryan | prev_title = Soul Train's a 'Comin' (Party Down) | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = Breakin' Together | next_year = 1984 "Lovelite" is a 1984 single by the artist O'Bryan. The single was his fifth entry on the R&B chart and his only number-one hit, where it placed at the top spot for one week. "Lovelite" did not chart on the Hot 100. "Lovelite" was produced by O'Bryan and was written by O'Bryan along with Don Cornelius.
The song's original music video became one of the first R&B videos to be banned from MTV, due to extensive nudity.
Track listing
- 12" single | headline = Side one | title1 = Lovelite | note1 = | length1 = 6:47 | headline = Side two | title1 = Lovelite | note1 = Instrumental | length1 = 6:47
Chart positions
::data[format=table] | Chart (1984) | Peak position | |---|---| | U.S. Billboard (Bubbling Under) Hot 100 | #101 | | U.S. Billboard Black Singles | #1 | | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | #37 | ::
References
References
- Whitburn, Joel. (2004). "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004". Record Research.
- (1993). "The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits". Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York.
- (1984). "Lovelite - O'Bryan at Discogs". [[Discogs]].
- [http://www.allmusic.com/song/lovelite-t1500726 Allmusic] - O'Bryan. Retrieved 2011-15-12
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