Spread Your Love (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

"Spread Your Love"
Single by Earth, Wind & Fire
from the album Powerlight
B-side	"(US) Freedom Of Choice (EU) Hearts to Heart"
Released	June 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop R&B
Length	3:51
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Azar Lawrence Beloyd Taylor Maurice White
Producer(s)	Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire singles chronology
"Side by Side" (1983) "Spread Your Love" (1983) "Magnetic" (1983)

"Spread Your Love" is a song recorded by R&B/funk band Earth, Wind & Fire and released as a single in June 1983 by Columbia Records.^[1] The single reached No. 48 on the Dutch Pop Singles chart and No. 57 on the US Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.^[2][3]

Overview

"Spread Your Love" was produced by EWF bandleader Maurice White and composed by White, Azar Lawrence and Beloyd Taylor. The single's b-side was a tune called Hearts to Heart. Both songs came from Earth, Wind & Fire's 1983 studio album Powerlight.^[1]

Critical reception

Chip Stern of Musician noted that "Robert Greenidge's slithery steel drums featured on the Eastern-tinged Spread Your Love".^[4] Craig Lytle of Allmusic proclaimed "the (song's) sonically aggressive special effects are contrasted with a soothing chanting chorus."^[5]

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Dutch Pop Singles[2]	48
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles[3]	57

References

1. Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love. Columbia Records. June 1983.
2. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love". dutchcharts.com. Dutch Charts.
3. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Spread Your Love (Hot R&B Singles)". billboard.com. Billboard.
4. Stern, Chip (April 1, 1983). "Earth, Wind & Fire - Powerlight" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Musician. p. 93.
5. Lytle, Craig. "Earth, Wind & Fire: Powerlight". Allmusic.com. Allmusic.