BILLBOARD #1 HITS: #558: ‘CARIBBEAN QUEEN [NO MORE LOVE ON THE RUN]- BILLY OCEAN – NOVEMBER 3, 1984

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Billboard #1 Hits: #558: ‘Caribbean Queen [ No More Love On The Run]- Billy Ocean. November 3, 1984. #1 for 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.

  • Single: ‘Caribbean Queen [ No More Love On The Run]- Billy Ocean
  • Record Company- Arista
  • Genre: Post-Disco
  • Written by Billy Ocean and Keith Diamond
  • Time: 3:42
  • B-side:’Caribbean Queen’-Instrumental
  • Album-Suddenly
  • Grade: C
  • Peaked at #1 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #6 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in Canada and New Zealand.

  • This was Ocean’s first Top 40 hit since a lone Top 40 hit in 1974- ‘Love Really Hurts” #22. It would be the start of a long string of Top 40 hits in the 1980’s for Ocean including 2 other #1’s.

Ocean won a Grammy for this song- Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

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