Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)
"Love Ballad" is a song by R&B/Funk band L.T.D.. Jeffrey Osborne is the lead singer.
Released from their album Love to the World, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in November 1976, and peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
Weekly charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
| US Billboard R&B | 1 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 22 |
George Benson version
released an up-tempo rendition of "Love Ballad" in 1979. It peaked at number three on the R&B charts and number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100. It also reached number 12 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Benson's cover is the most successful version of the song.Weekly charts
| Chart | Peak position |
| UK | 29 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 18 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary | 12 |
| US Billboard R&B | 3 |
| US Cash Box Top 100 | 14 |
Year-end charts
| Chart | Rank |
| US | 126 |
Later versions
- Tanya Blount did a well-received cover of the song on her debut album in 1993.
- K-Ci & JoJo covered this song on their 1997 album Love Always.
- Covered by Jeffrey Osborne and is on his 2001 Love Songs compilation album, as did with Osborne's then-drummer and frontman L.T.D.'s first Greatest Hits album in 1996.
- J Dilla sampled this song for De La Soul in 2004 on their LP The Grind Date.
- R&B singer Ciara sampled the song on her 2004 debut album Goodies.
- Patti Labelle covered the song on her 2005 album of covers, Classic Moments.
- Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore covered the song on their 2006 album Uncovered.
- The Temptations covered "Love Ballad" on their 2007 album Back to Front.
- Drum and Bass producer Netsky sampled the song on his single "Love Has Gone" from his second album 2 released in 2012''.
- George Duke made a version of the song 1989 on his album Night After Night.