# Love Overboard > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Love_Overboard > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Love_Overboard.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Overboard > Source revision: 1310701195 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1987 single by Gladys Knight & the Pips "Love Overboard" Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips from the album All Our Love Released November 1987 Recorded 1987 Genre R&B, dance-pop Length 5:26 Label MCA Songwriter Reggie Calloway Producers Reggie Calloway & Vincent Calloway for Calloco, Inc. Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology "Come Back and Finish What You Started" (1978) "Love Overboard" (1987) "**Love Overboard**" is a [Grammy Award](/source/Grammy_Award)-winning 1987 single by [Gladys Knight & the Pips](/source/Gladys_Knight_%26_the_Pips). ## Chart performance "Love Overboard" was the group's last of ten #1 hits on the [Hot Black Singles](/source/Hot_Black_Singles) chart. It crossed over to #13 on the [*Billboard* Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) chart as well.[1] The single was also successful on the dance charts, peaking at #4.[2] It also peaked at #59 on the [Canada RPM Top 100 Singles](/source/Canada_RPM_Top_100_Singles) chart. ## Popular culture - Knight performs the song in a dream sequence on the episode "[Three Girls Three](/source/Three_Girls_Three)" of *[A Different World](/source/A_Different_World_(TV_series))*, with Whitley and Jaleesa singing background for her (instead of the Pips). ## Charts Chart (1987) Peak position Canada Top Singles RPM 59 US Billboard Hot 100[3] 13 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[4] 1 US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[5] 4 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Whitburn, Joel](/source/Joel_Whitburn) (2004). *Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004*. Record Research. p. 331. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Whitburn, Joel](/source/Joel_Whitburn) (2004). *Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003*. Record Research. p. 147. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Gladys_Knight_and_The_Pips_3-0)** "[Gladys Knight and The Pips Chart History (Hot 100)](https://www.billboard.com/artist/Gladys-Knight-and-The-Pips/chart-history/HSI)". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Billboardrandbhiphop_Gladys_Knight_and_The_Pips_4-0)** "[Gladys Knight and The Pips Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)](https://www.billboard.com/artist/Gladys-Knight-and-The-Pips/chart-history/BSI)". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Billboarddanceclubplay_Gladys_Knight_and_The_Pips_5-0)** "[Gladys Knight and The Pips Chart History (Dance Club Songs)](https://www.billboard.com/artist/Gladys-Knight-and-The-Pips/chart-history/DSI)". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Studio albums Gladys Knight and the Pips Everybody Needs Love Nitty Gritty If I Were Your Woman Neither One of Us All I Need Is Time Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Visions All Our Love Soundtrack albums Claudine Compilation albums The Ultimate Collection Singles "Every Beat of My Heart" "Letter Full of Tears" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "On and On" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard" "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind" Related topics Discography Barry Hankerson Authority control databases MusicBrainz work MusicBrainz release group This 1980s R&B/soul music song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1980s-R%26B-song-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1980s-R%26B-song-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1980s-R%26B-song-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Love Overboard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Overboard) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Overboard?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.