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“Love and Pride” by King
“Love and Pride” by King appears on 12 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1985 and 1999. Its best result is #16 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #57 alternative song of 1985 and #2,319 alternative song of all time.
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"Love and Pride" was King's first single, a slick, bouncing slab of new wave also included on the English band's debut album, Steps in Time, and it needed two goes to get anywhere. Released in 1984 with Richard James Burgess producing, it limped to No. 84 in the UK. Then the band took it to Saturday morning TV as 1984 wound down, CBS put it back out, and by February 1985 it was sitting at No. 2, where it stayed for three straight weeks.
America was a tougher sell, and it stuck at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100. The clubs got it, though: a pair of 12-inch remixes pushed it to No. 17 on Billboard's Dance/Disco Club Play chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 16 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1985 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 374 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 393 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1990 | 213 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1990) | 299 |
| 1991 | 223 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) | 302 |
| 1992 | 127 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1992 | 130 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) | 299 |
| 1994 | 327 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1995 | 365 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1996 | 325 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 317 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 1999 | 1009 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
Also listed as: Love And Pride.
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