Stop Loving You

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"Stop Loving You"
File:Stoplovingyou.jpg
Single by Toto
from the album The Seventh One
B-side "The Seventh One"
Released 1988
Format CD / 7" / 12"
Recorded 1988
Genre Pop rock, soft rock
Length 4:30
Label Columbia
Writer(s) David Paich, Steve Lukather[1]
Producer(s) Toto

"Stop Loving You" is a song from the rock band Toto from their album The Seventh One. It features Jon Anderson on backing vocals. As a single, it peaked at no. 2 on the Dutch charts.[2]

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Belgian VRT Top 30 3
Dutch Top 40[3] 2
Euro Hit 40 10
Italian Singles Chart 37
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 9
Polish Singles Chart 4
UK Singles Chart 96

Year-End Chart

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Dutch Top 40 6
Belgian VRT Top 30 19

Music video

A music video was produced for this song showing Joseph Williams kicking furniture and pushing away other objects in a building, displaying his disgust at the loss of a girlfriend. At the end, a female calls and says, "Joseph, are you there?"

Personnel

Toto
Additional musicians

Live versions

With original lead vocalist Joseph Williams having left the group not long after the song's recording, lead vocal duties on the song were passed on to Tony Spinner in 2002. Before that many touring members had sung the song on Totos liveconcerts. [4] For their live album, Falling in Between Live and final concerts, Toto performed a semi jazz version of the song. In 2010 when Toto reunited for the Mike Porcaro honor Tour, Joseph Williams was a part of the band again. The song has been played at many live concerts since then. In 2014 Toto released a live album, 35th anniversary tour. Stop Loving you was among the songs on the album. This liveversion is featuring new keyboardwork from Steve Porcaro in the solo part of the song.

References

  1. http://www.toto99.com/releases/toto/seventhrelease.shtml
  2. http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Toto&titel=Stop+Loving+You&cat=s Dutch charts
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Toto&titel=Stop+Loving+You&cat=s
  4. http://www.toto99.com/totospeaks/interviews/tony.shtml