REO Speedwagon – Keep on Loving You

“Keep On Loving You” is a soft rock power ballad written by Kevin Cronin and performed by American rock band REO Speedwagon. It features the lead guitar work of Gary Richrath. The song first appeared on REO Speedwagon’s 1980 album Hi Infidelity.

It was the first REO Speedwagon single to break the top 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, reaching the number-one spot for one week in March 1981. The single was certified platinum for U.S. sales of over one million copies. It peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart.

They named the band REO Speedwagon, from the REO Speed Wagon, a flatbed truck and the initials are those of its founder Ransom E. Olds. The band has sold more than 40 million records and has charted thirteen Top 40 hits.

“Keep On Loving You” has been a mainstay on 1980s soft rock compilations and has appeared on dozens of ‘various artists’ compilation albums, as well as several REO Speedwagon greatest hits albums.

This song is lead singer Kevin Cronin’s response after he found out his wife Denise had been cheating on him before they were married. Instead of leaving her, he decided that he would keep on loving her no matter what, as he made that promise:

When I said that I loved you I meant that I loved you forever
And I’m gonna keep on lovin’ you

Cronin called it, “The most painful song I ever wrote.”
An anthem of fidelity, “Keep On Loving You” is often cited as one of the more romantic songs ever written – VH1 included it on their Top 40 Love Songs show. It didn’t work out for Kevin Cronin though, as he and his wife split up a few years after the album was released. He re-married in 1992.

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REO Speedwagon - Keep on Loving You (Official Music Video)03:49

Single lansat la 4 Noiembrie 1980, fața B – “Follow My Heart”

Această melodie este răspunsul cântărețului Kevin Cronin, după ce a aflat că soția sa Denise îl înșela înainte de a se căsători. În loc să o părăsească, a decis că va continua să o iubească indiferent de ceea a făcut această promisiune:

Când am spus că te iubesc am însemnat că te iubesc pentru totdeauna
Și voi continua să te iubesc

Cronin a numit-o, „Cea mai dureroasă melodie pe care am scris-o vreodată”.

În 1981, videoclipul melodiei a fost al 17-lea din playlist în prima zi de difuzare a noului canal MTV, pe 1 August.

Aceasta melodie a fost numărul #1 pentru o săptămână în Martie 1981 la Billboard Hot 100 din SUA.

REO Speedwagon

• Kevin Cronin – lead vocals, piano
• Gary Richrath – guitar
• Bruce Hall – bass, backing vocals
• Neal Doughty – keyboards
• Alan Gratzer – drums, backing vocals

Versuri/Lyrics:
You should have seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin’ missin’
You should have known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn’t listen
You played dead, but you never bled
Instead you laid still in the grass, all coiled up and hissin’

And though I know all about those men
Still I don’t remember
‘Cause it was us
Baby, way before then, and we’re still together
And I meant
Every word I said
When I said that I loved you I meant that I loved you forever

And I’m gonna keep on lovin’ you
‘Cause it’s the only thing I want to do
I don’t want to sleep, I just want to keep on lovin’ you

And I meant
Every word I said
When I said that I loved you I meant that I loved you forever

And I’m gonna keep on lovin’ you
‘Cause it’s the only thing I want to do
I don’t want to sleep, I just want to keep on lovin’ you

Baby, I’m gonna keep on loving you
‘Cause it’s the only thing I wanna do
I don’t want to sleep, I just want to keep on lovin’ you

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