"Love Will Lead You Back" is a song performed by Taylor
Dayne. Released as the second single from Dayne's second album
Can't Fight Fate(following the more uptempo "With Every
Beat of My Heart"), the ballad debuted on the Billboard Hot 100
chart on January 27, 1990. It reached number one on April 7
that same year and spent 15 weeks in the Top 40. It also
reached number one on the
BillboardAdult Contemporary chart and was certified Gold
in the U.S. by the RIAA.
The song, written by Diane Warren, is about a woman who is
willing to set her lover free because she is confident that one
day his love will lead him back to her: "
Sometimes it takes some time out on your own now / to find
your way back home". Warren has stated that she began
writing the song while in a hotel in Russia, and that she had
originally intended the song to be offered to R&B singer
Whitney Houston, but Arista Records president Clive Davis
wanted to let Dayne record the song.
The video was very simple; it shows Dayne and her band in a
studio performing the song. The video was released both in
black-and-white and sepia tones. In the video, Dayne holds in
her hand what seems to be the lyrics of the song, or possibly a
letter from her lover.
The song was covered by Filipina singers Kyla and Nina
Girado, by Mexican pop singer Yuri, as well as American R&B
singer Patti LaBelle and Australian pop group Young Divas.