Love Conquers All (ABC song)
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| "Love Conquers All" | ||||
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| Single by ABC | ||||
| from the album Abracadabra | ||||
| B-side | "What's Good About Goodbye?" | |||
| Released | 15 July 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Label | EMI, Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Martin Fry, Mark White | |||
| Producer(s) | Martin Fry, Mark White | |||
| ABC singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Conquers All" is a single by new wave group ABC, released as the lead single from their sixth studio album Abracadabra in July 1991.
The song's music video, shot mostly in black-and-white, features scenes of various people doing random actions, intercut with footage of Martin Fry and Mark White performing the song and the seahorse from the Abracadabra album cover.
Critical reception
[edit]Upon its release, Paul Lester of Melody Maker praised the song as a "sparkling addition to the ABC oeuvre" and described it as "disco as in 'Southern Freeez' or an old Whispers love-thing". He noted the band "continue to face tomorrow with their best foot dancefloorward" and added that the B-side, "What's Good About Goodbye?", "makes me long for that pre-Pixies/Roses, pre-postantirockist time when bands yearned to sound modern and technologically advanced".[1] Sally Margaret Joy of Melody Maker was less enthusiastic in her review, calling the song "merely vapid", with the "only clue to a former glory [being] the upward bubbling of a watery whistle during the verses". She also noted the "pick 'n' mix chocolate box lyrics" that "passed muster" on The Lexicon of Love, but "sound all wrong now".[2] Andrew Collins of NME commented that the song "sounds like ABC would've sounded in 1982 if it had been 1991, if you see what I mean". He added, "It's so slick it just slid off my turntable and then slimed off down the road. No great loss, really."[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love Conquers All" (7" version) | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Love Conquers All" (extended version) | 6:15 |
| 3. | "What's Good About Goodbye?" | 4:48 |
| 4. | "Love Conquers All" (percapella mix) | 4:24 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love Conquers All" (7" edit) | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Love Conquers All" (The Morales "Eclipse" Mix) | 5:45 |
| 3. | "Love Conquers All" (the Morales mix) | 4:42 |
| 4. | "Love Conquers All" (Boilerhouse Mix) | 4:51 |
| 5. | "Love Conquers All" (percapella mix) | 4:24 |
| 6. | "Love Conquers All" (extended version) | 6:17 |
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Singles Chart[6] | 36 |
| Swiss Singles Chart[7] | 22 |
| UK Singles Chart[8] | 47 |
References
[edit]- ^ Lester, Paul (6 July 1991). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 29.
- ^ Joy, Sally Margaret (20 July 1991). "Singles". Melody Maker. p. 32.
- ^ Collins, Andrew (27 July 1991). "Singles". New Musical Express. p. 22.
- ^ "Love Conquers All" at Discogs (list of releases)
- ^ Love Conquers All (Remixes) on iTunes
- ^ "charts.de". charts.de. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "ABC - Love Conquers All". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Love Conquers All by ABC Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.
