When Lovers Become Strangers

1992 single by Cher

"When Lovers Become Strangers"

Single by Cher

from the album Love Hurts

Released

May 1992

Recorded

1991

Genre

Pop rock

Length

4:48

Label

Geffen

Songwriter(s)

Diane Warren

Producer(s)

John Kalodner

Cher singles chronology

"Could've Been You"
(1992)

"When Lovers Become Strangers"
(1992)

"Oh No Not My Baby"
(1992)

"When Lovers Become Strangers" is the third US single release from American singer/actress Cher's 20th album, Love Hurts (1991), released in US and Canada only in late May 1992.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Third shot from Cher's fine Love Hurts album is a mournful pop ballad, fueled with a memorable hook and a restrained vocal. Soft, easygoing arrangement will fit equally well within AC and top 40 formats."^[1] A reviewer from Cashbox called it a "rock ballad", adding that it "features a more AOR production and seems like more the direction she wants to go."^[2]

Track listing

US promotional CD single

"When Lovers Become Strangers" (Edit) – 4:15
"When Lovers Become Strangers" (LP Version) – 4:46

Charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[3]	37
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[4]	10
Quebec (ADISQ)^[5]	33
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[6]	15

References

^ Flick, Larry (May 9, 1992). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 84. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
^ "Music Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Cashbox. May 16, 1992. p. 5. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2006." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2020." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
^ "Palmarès de la chanson anglophone et allophone au Québec" (in French). BAnQ. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
^ "Cher Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2015.

External links

Official Cher site
Cher at IMDb

Cher

Studio albums

All I Really Want to Do
The Sonny Side of Chér
Chér
With Love, Chér
Backstage
3614 Jackson Highway
Chér
Foxy Lady
Bittersweet White Light
Half-Breed
Dark Lady
Stars
I'd Rather Believe in You
Cherished
Take Me Home
Prisoner
I Paralyze
Cher
Heart of Stone
Love Hurts
It's a Man's World
Believe
Not Commercial
Living Proof
Closer to the Truth
Dancing Queen
Christmas

Compilation albums

Golden Greats
Superpak Vol. I and II
Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits: 1965–1992
If I Could Turn Back Time: Cher's Greatest Hits
The Greatest Hits
The Very Best of Cher
Gold
Icon

Soundtrack albums

Chastity
Burlesque

Other albums

Two the Hard Way
Black Rose

Music video releases

The Video Collection
The Very Best of Cher: The Video Hits Collection

Live video releases

Extravaganza: Live at the Mirage
Live in Concert
The Farewell Tour

Other video releases

CherFitness: A New Attitude
CherFitness: Body Confidence

Concerts and tours

Two the Hard Way Tour
Take Me Home Tour
Heart of Stone Tour
Love Hurts Tour
Do You Believe? Tour
Living Proof: The Farewell Tour
Dressed to Kill Tour
Here We Go Again Tour

Residencies

Film directed

If These Walls Could Talk

Television

Books

The Ugly Duckling

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1960s singles	"All I Really Want to Do" "Where Do You Go" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" "Alfie" "I Feel Something in the Air" "Sunny" "Behind the Door" "Mama (When My Dollies Have Babies)" "Hey Joe" "You Better Sit Down Kids" "The Click Song" "Take Me for a Little While" "Yours Until Tomorrow" "Chastity's Song (Band of Thieves)" "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" "For What It's Worth"
1970s singles	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" "The Way of Love" "Living in a House Divided" "Don't Hide Your Love" "Am I Blue?" "Half-Breed" "Dark Lady" "Train of Thought" "I Saw a Man and He Danced with His Wife" "Rescue Me" "Geronimo's Cadillac" "Long Distance Love Affair" "Pirate" "War Paint and Soft Feathers" "Take Me Home" "Wasn't It Good" "It's Too Late to Love Me Now" "Hell on Wheels"
1980s singles	"I Paralyze" "I Found Someone" "We All Sleep Alone" "Skin Deep" "After All" "If I Could Turn Back Time" "Just Like Jesse James"
1990s singles	"Heart of Stone" "You Wouldn't Know Love" "Baby I'm Yours" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" "Love and Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" "Could've Been You" "When Lovers Become Strangers" "Oh No Not My Baby" "Whenever You're Near" "Many Rivers to Cross" "Walking in Memphis" "One by One" "Not Enough Love in the World" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "Paradise Is Here" "Believe" "Strong Enough" "All or Nothing" "Dov'è l'amore"
2000s singles	"The Music's No Good Without You" "Song for the Lonely" "Alive Again" "A Different Kind of Love Song" "When the Money's Gone" "Love One Another"
2010s singles	"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" "Woman's World" "I Hope You Find It" "Take It Like a Man" "I Walk Alone" "Fernando" "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" "SOS"
2020s singles	"Chiquitita" "DJ Play a Christmas Song"
Promotional singles	"Ringo, I Love You" "Superstar" "Classified 1A" "Carousel Man" "Holdin' Out for Love" "Bad Love" "Rudy" "Bang Bang" "Main Man" "Human" "Sirens" "Ooga Boo" "One of Us"
Other songs	"Our Day Will Come" "Fernando" "Dressed to Kill"
Guest singles	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Dead Ringer for Love" "I Got You Babe" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Love Can Build a Bridge" "Più che puoi" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
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