BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
“Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)” is a song by English 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 in 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 saxophone solo is played by Vernon Jeffrey Smith.
SIDE A:
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (Special Mix) 7:50
SIDE B:
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (Instrumental) 8:04
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) (A Diamond Mix) 4:56
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #1 |
| 1984 | Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) | U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | #7 |
| 1984 | Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) | U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles | #1 |
| 1984 | Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run) | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #1 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Jive – JD 1-9215
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic, Funk / Soul, Pop
Style: Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Engineer – Brian “Chuck” New*
Mastered By – Herb Powers Jr.
Mixed By – Nigel Green (tracks: B1, B2)
Producer – Keith Diamond
Written-By – B. Ocean*, K. Diamond*
NOTES:
Original version appears on the Jive LP “SUDDENLY”
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7 TubeGold Pins
Soundcard: Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
I never had this 12″ before. Thank you for sharing it here.
Very Good. Thank You. Muito Show. Obrigado.
Thank you so much
Hi Mate !!
Great site & excelents 12″. can you post Loverboy by Billy please ?
Thx in advance !
Thank U so much, Paul! Exactly for this version, cause I couldn’t find it for a long time. Now I only dreaming about Billy’s “Loverboy” !!! 🙂
P.S.: I missed ur B-Day, but now please take my best wishes of good health and inspiration.
Thanks so much for this rip, Paul!!! It is one of my favorite songs from the 80s and the instrumental is fantastic. The song (and all the mixes) is/was one of the first songs I heard sampling (do you know the sample? 🙂 ) Remember that his Suddenly album was August late 1983 up till March 1984.
Thanks again, Paul! I greatly appreciate it!
Grandioso Post Paul gracias por esa version instrumental.
awesome tune
Thanks Paul
Keep the love coming!!
Squeezes
David
You’re welcome, David. More love is on its way 🙂
I always loved this classic. Thank you Paul. That’s a fantastic week of love going on. And like Jeff says we all very much need love in our world right now, more than ever.
You’re very welcome Daniel 🙂
Love this track and the sax solo always gets me every time. So grateful for the various mixes.
Cheers Paul 🙂
Thank you Mark 🙂
wooooow thank you Paul this was my request some time ago, thank you very much I love this song!!!!!
You’re welcome Rafael Cova 🙂
Many, many thanks for this song Paul. Can’t wait to check out the various mixes. I’m loving this “week of love” and we all very much need love in our world right now.
Jeff
I don’t have enough songs to post one every time there is a gun shooting in America. I am so sad and disgusted with our leaders 🙁 LOVE is something we do need more of.
As NKelly said, great song and timeless. Also available as African Queen. It was played up and down from dusk till dawn back then until I got fed up with it for years. But a great song stays a great song and I still love it.
This song still gets played on my local stations. Such a great vibe 🙂
Great song also sung as ‘European Queen’ in some territories of course. Many thanks for this. Love Billy and he’s still great in the live environment. Saw him at the UK’s Rewind festival, Henley, a number of times in recent years!
I have a blue vinyl 12″ promo that has all three versions “Caribean Queen”, African Queen” and “European Queen” will post it someday 🙂
Thank you so much for posting this!!!!
In July 2016, when Celine Dion came on Jimmy Fallon to promote “One More Night”, The Roots played “Caribbean Queen” as “Canadian Queen”…and also changed the lyrics to be “Canadian Queen, her name is Celine”!
That would be a great post, Paul! I must’ve heard of it also being ‘African Queen’ but subsequently forgot!
not only european queen but also african queen
and obviously caribbean queen…etc
As discussed above…