Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
	Artwork for the 1984 UK vinyl re-release; also released that year as "European Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Suddenly
B-side	"European Queen (No More Love on the Run)"; "Caribbean Queen (Instrumental)" (US alternative);
Released	1984
Genre	Post-disco ; funk-pop ;
Length	7:52 (album version); 4:06 (edit); 3:42 (single version);
Label	Jive
Songwriter(s)	Billy Ocean; Keith Diamond;
Producer(s)	Keith Diamond
Billy Ocean singles chronology

"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)", initially released as "European Queen (No More Love on the Run)", is a 1984 song by Trinidadian-British singer Billy Ocean. Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond, it climbed to number one on both the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and the Billboard Black Singles chart, and number six on the UK Singles Chart. The song won Ocean the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, making him the first British artist to win in that category.

The song is written and recorded in the key of D minor. The saxophone solo is played by Vernon Jeffrey Smith.

History

The song was initially released as "European Queen", but it did not achieve success. As suggested by people at the record company, it was re-recorded for different parts of the world—resulting in the versions "Caribbean Queen" and "African Queen".

In the US, the song was released under the title "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)". It entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 85 on the chart dated 11 August 1984. Ten weeks later, it hit number one and stayed at the top of the chart for two consecutive weeks. The song charted for 26 weeks. This version then also achieved success in Europe:

The song was released in Europe as "European Queen" and nobody was interested in it. When we changed the name to "Caribbean Queen" and released it in the U. S., it took off and started snowballing and they started playing it in Europe. I guess it had more appeal as "Caribbean Queen" because Europe conjures up a vision of rain and snow and cold, but Caribbean sounds like sunshine and blue skies. It's much more exotic.

— Billy Ocean

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