After the Love Has Gone

After the Love Has Gone

Earth, Wind & Fire

This song spent two weeks at #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. Part of the song was written by David Foster for a Jaye P. Morgan album. He ad-libbed the words of the chorus when he played the song for Motown executives, because he had forgotten the original words. Eventually, he fleshed out the song with Jay Graydon and Bill Champlin. The song was intended for Champlin’s solo album, but Maurice White heard it and wanted to record it. This song is about a relationship that has gone bad. The singer struggles to understand how something that felt so right could suddenly be so wrong, and wonders if their love is lost forever.