| "Love Ain't No Stranger" | ||||
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| Single by Whitesnake | ||||
| from the album Slide It In | ||||
| B-side | "Guilty of Love" (US) "Slow an' Easy" (UK) | |||
| Released | August 1984 (US)[1] 28 January 1985 (UK)[2] | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal[3] | |||
| Length | 4:14 | |||
| Label | Liberty (Europe) Geffen (North America) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Coverdale, Mel Galley | |||
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| "Love Ain't No Stranger" on YouTube | ||||
"Love Ain't No Stranger" is a power ballad by the English hard rock/heavy metal group Whitesnake, and it is taken from the band's U.S.-breakthrough album Slide It In. One of the group's best known songs, it's been included in multiple multi-artist compilation albums as well as in various media from Whitesnake's own labels. Particularly well-received in the context of the 1980s heavy music boom in the Anglosphere, various music critics have praised its composition.
"Love Ain't No Stranger" is a staple of the band's live performances. Due to its popularity among fans, Whitesnake has performed the song over eight hundred times as of December 2022, making it one of the group's top five most played pieces.[4]
The song charted at number 44 on the UK Singles Chart[5] and 34 on the U.S. Mainstream rock charts.[6] Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic described the song as "one of the decade's greatest power ballads, bar none."[7]
- ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 894. ISBN 9780862415419.
- ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 58.
- ^ manosg (27 December 2014). "Review: Whitesnake - Slide it In". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
"Love Ain't No Stranger" is the standout track; with its highly effective buildup and the addictive vocal line, it's probably one of the best hair/pop metal tracks of the '80s.
- ^ "Whitesnake Tour Statistics - Songs Played Total". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Whitesnake The Official Charts Company".
- ^ "Allmusic (Whitesnake charts and awards) Billboard singles".
- ^ Love Ain't No Stranger at AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2018.