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Symptoms of True Love

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"Symptoms of True Love"
Single by Tracie Spencer
from the album Tracie Spencer
ReleasedFebruary 17, 1988 (1988-02-17)
Recorded1987; Cherokee Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length4:21
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Ron Kersey
Tracie Spencer singles chronology
"Hide and Seek"
(1988)
"Symptoms of True Love"
(1988)
"Imagine"
(1988)

"Symptoms of True Love" is a 1988 song by American singer–songwriter Tracie Spencer. This song is the second single released from Spencer's self-titled debut album. The single was released on February 17, 1988. The song was written by German composer team Irmgard Klarmann and Felix Weber.

Background

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Unlike her first single from the album (the ballad "Hide and Seek"), this song is an uptempo club/dance track. The theme of the song focuses on Spencer discovering that she is suffering from "symptoms of true love" and lists the causes.

Chart information

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"Symptoms of True Love" was Spencer's first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 38. On the Hot Black Singles chart, it peaked at a respectable number 11.

Music video

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The music video for "Symptoms of True Love" is rather simple and it was made in March 1988, and it shows Spencer and a group of friends dancing and grooving along to the song. The video's set features comic book-style art in the vein of Roy Lichtenstein.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[1] 24
UK Singles (OCC)[2] 100
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 38
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[4] 14
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[5] 11

References

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