Soldier of Love

Release: 2009

Release: 2009Source checked | Recent carryover

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original title recording was publicly issued as a single in 2009 before the 2010 album. Its December 2009 song metadata is corroborated by Epic's January 2010 announcement describing its preceding radio run; only year precision is published.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2010.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Soldier of Love - recording-specific original date
The song retains a December 2009 recording date within a later remastered compilation. That original year is corroborated by Epic's January 2010 contemporaneous discussion of the single already on radio; the compilation release is not used as first release.

Epic - contemporaneous Soldier of Love video announcement
Epic's January 11, 2010 announcement distinguishes the new video and forthcoming February album from the single's preceding radio run. Used with recording-specific December 2009 metadata to establish the earlier public single year; promotional chart claims are not adopted.

Soldier of Love - official original album program
The original 2010 album program identifies Babyfather. Its title recording had an earlier official single/radio release in 2009, reviewed separately; the album date is not used for that song.