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I Pledge My Love

1980 single by Peaches & Herb

"I Pledge My Love"

Single by Peaches & Herb

from the album Twice the Fire

B-side

"(I Want Us) Back Together"

Released

January 1980 (1980-01)

Recorded

1979

Genre

R&B, Adult Contemporary

Length

4:11

Label

Polydor

Songwriter(s)

Dino Fekaris
Freddie Perren

Peaches & Herb singles chronology

"Roller-Skatin' Mate"
(1979)

"I Pledge My Love"
(1980)

"Funtime"
(1980)

"I Pledge My Love" is a ballad by R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb from their LP, Twice the Fire.^[1] It became a hit in early 1980 in the U.S. (#19) and Canada (#23).^[2] It was also a Top 40 R&B and Adult Contemporary hit.

The song had an unusually long chart run for only just making the top-twenty, spending five months on the U.S. charts and six months on the Canadian charts. Billboard ranked it as the 80th biggest U.S. hit of 1980.^[3] "I Pledge My Love" also reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart for one week in May 1980.^[4]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[5]	23
New Zealand (RIANZ)^[6]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[7]	19
U.S. Billboard R&B	37
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	33
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 ^[8]	25

Year-end charts

Chart (1980)	Rank
New Zealand^[9]	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[10]	80

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[11]	Gold	10,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

^ "Peaches & Herb – Twice the Fire (1979, 72, Vinyl)". Discogs.
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ NZ Top 40 Singles, 25 May 1980
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
^ NZ Top 40 Singles, 25 May 1980
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 26, 1980^{[permanent dead link]}
^ NZ End of Year Charts, 1980
^ "Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
^ "New Zealand single certifications – Peaches & Herb – I Pledge My Love". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved May 16, 2020.