Ready for your day to get monumentally better? It's Tesla to the rescue with their blast-from-the-past power ballad, “Love Song.” Recently ranked among the greatest power ballads of all time by Ultimate Classic Rock, it's exactly the remedy to whatever ails you.
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“Got to hand it to Tesla, they told you exactly what you were getting with ‘Love Song,’” UCR wrote. “Released in 1989, this rousing tune reminds listeners love is both ‘all around you’ and ‘knocking outside your door.’”
Released on their sophomore album, The Great Radio Controversy, “Love Song” marked Tesla’s big break. Peaking at No. 10, the ballad was the band’s first Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and, according to vocalist Jeff Keith, who wrote the song with guitarist Frank Hannon, will always be a favorite to play live.
“Tesla’s always been about the love,” Keith told Songfacts. “We will forever play ‘Love Song’ every time we ever play. Because love is how we all got here. Love's what makes the world go 'round. Love stands above everything, even the hate.”
Founded in 1978 by Hannon and bassist Brian Wheat, the Sacramento rock band — which also includes drummer Troy Luccketta and guitarist Tommy Skeoch — got their collective start as City Kidd, but rebranded as Tesla after inventor and radio pioneer Nikola Tesla. Though the band rose to prominence during the glam metal heyday, tossing them into the hair band category doesn’t really do their fusion of ’70s-style hard rock tinged with the blues much justice.
On their signature song, you really get a taste of that unique sound by way of two guitar solos: one, an acoustic intro, and the other, an iconic electric closing. Spanning about a minute and a half, the gorgeous acoustic guitar opening, which was included on the studio recording but not in the video edit, can also be found online or live, as the band is still actively touring.
As for the closing solo, there’s a fun story about its origin. According to Guitar World, Hannon said he was getting “razzed” by producers while recording and took out his frustration on his Gibson EDS-1275. The single take he improvised that day ended up being the solo you hear on the record.
“That solo was one take unrehearsed in the studio,” Hannon said, per the outlet. “I said, ‘Let me just practice it once.’ … We turned around after it was done, and [producer] Michael Barbiero had a big grin on his face. ‘What?’ He goes, ‘I recorded it.’ … It wasn't even supposed to be a take. I could never have captured that again.”
View this post on InstagramToday the group is celebrating their 40th anniversary by headlining the Still Keepin’ It Real Tour, and come July, they’ll be dropping a new covers album called Homage. A compilation of tracks celebrating the artists that shaped their musical foundation, the record will feature 13 covers of legends including Queen, Elvis Presley, and Etta James, along with a new original track, “Never Alone.”
The love is still loving.
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