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{{Infobox song
| name       = Our Love
| cover      = Our love natalie cole US single variant A.png
| alt        = side-A label
| caption    = A-side label of the US single
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Natalie Cole]]
| album      = [[Thankful (Natalie Cole album)|Thankful]]
| B-side     = La Costa
| released   = November 6, 1977
| format     =
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]]
| length     = 3:57 <small>(single version)</small> <br/> 5:22 <small>(album version)</small>
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| writer     = Chuck Jackson, [[Marvin Yancy]]
| producer   = Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy
| prev_title = Party Lights
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = Annie Mae
| next_year  = 1978
}}
"'''Our Love'''" is a song by American singer [[Natalie Cole]]. Released as a single from her 1977 album ''[[Thankful (Natalie Cole album)|Thankful]]'', it spent 2 weeks at number one on the [[Hot Soul Singles]] chart in January 1978.  It also was a hit on the pop charts, reaching number ten,<ref>{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=127}}</ref> and has become one of her most familiar songs. It was certified gold in 1978, selling over one million copies.
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1977–1978)
!Peak<br>position
|-
|Canada [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] Top Singles
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
|Canada ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' Adult Contemporary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5512&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5512.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5512 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-04-29 |access-date=2018-03-10}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Easy Listening]]
| style="text-align:center;"|33
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Soul Singles]]
|align="center"|1
|-
|U.S. ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19780408.html |title=Top 100 1978-04-08 |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox Magazine]] |access-date=2014-12-22 |archive-date=2012-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004085920/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19780408.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|16
|-
|}
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (1978)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070b |title= Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978 |work= [[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |date= 17 July 2013 |publisher= [[Library and Archives Canada]] |access-date= March 8, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|117
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1978.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978|website=Musicoutfitters.com|access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|43
|-
|}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1978|certyear=1978|artist=Natalie Cole|title=Our Love}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==Cover versions==
*[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Mary J. Blige]] covered it on her 1997 album, ''[[Share My World]]''.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Natalie Cole}}
[[Category:1977 singles]]
[[Category:Natalie Cole songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Marvin Yancy]]
[[Category:1977 songs]]
[[Category:Capitol Records singles]]
[[Category:Rhythm and blues ballads]]
[[Category:Soul ballads]]
[[Category:1970s ballads]]