"Love Takes Time" is a song by the soft rock band Orleans.

It peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1979[1] and was their biggest hit since their 1976 single "Still the One.

[4] Written by Larry Hoppen and Marilyn Mason, it was the first track on the band's 1979 album Forever.

[6] Cash Box said it has "a strong, rolling chorus" as well as "synthesizer coloration, firm pounding beat, piano, searing guitar fills, tambourine and dynamic singing.

"[7] Record World called it "a slick pop rocker right in the same mold [as previous Orleans' hits].