Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)

"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
"Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)"
	1984 UK vinyl rerelease picture sleeve (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)",^[3]^[4] 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,^[5] and number six on the UK Singles Chart.^[6] 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.^{[citation needed]} The saxophone solo is played by Vernon Jeffrey Smith.^[7]

^ Promis, Jose F. "Billy Ocean – Greatest Hits [Jive]". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
^ Breihan, Tom (9 September 2020). "The Number Ones: Billy Ocean's "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)"". Stereogum. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
^ "Sizzling Billy Ocean Has 'Caribbean Queen' to Thank for Crowning". Chicago Tribune. 17 February 1985. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
^ Campbell, Mary (22 February 1985). "Amazed by Popularity – Billy Ocean's New Album Gave Him Strong Beginning". TV Plus (Schenectady Gazette Supplement). p. 23. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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^ "V. JEFFREY SMITH (TORS-Producer/Sound Engineer)..." The Outlet Radio Show. 15 March 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.