Love Resurrection
"Love Resurrection" | ||||
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Single by Alison Moyet | ||||
from the album Alf | ||||
B-side | "Baby I Do" | |||
Released | 11 June 1984[1] | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet, Tony Swain | |||
Producer(s) | Jolley & Swain | |||
Alison Moyet singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Love Resurrection" on YouTube |
"Love Resurrection" is a pop song written by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet and producers Jolley & Swain for Moyet's debut studio album Alf (1984). Released as the album's first single in June 1984, it reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] It was released in the US in summer 1985 following "Invisible" and reached number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August.
Background
[edit]Speaking to Number One in 1984, Moyet said "Love Resurrection" was "written over the phone": "I'd had an argument with a friend and gone to bed like I usually do when I'm depressed. I wrote the lyric straight off and read it over to Steve [Jolley]. He called me back with a melody line and we went on from there."[3]
Music videos
[edit]There are two versions of the music video. The first version, made for the worldwide single release, shows Moyet at a Middle Eastern encampment in the desert. As she wanders through, the camera pans across the barren landscape and zooms in on a skull figure.[4] The video was shot in Israel and cost £17,000.[5]
The second version, made for the American market, showed a softer side to Moyet following the breakup of Yazoo. The video shows Moyet, dressed all in white, performing the song in a darkened venue with a backup band in front of a small audience.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]Upon release, Max Bell of Number One noted the song's "MOR direction" and commented: "Alf gives it loads but the Swain and Jollified electronic wash which accompanies is not entirely suitable and leaves you feeling that here is a catchphrase in search of a song. Tender but disposable."[7] In a Number One review of Moyet's follow-up single "All Cried Out", Paul Bursche praised "Love Resurrection" as being "magnificent, perhaps the best song of 1984".[8] Jessi McGuire of Record Mirror noted a "hideous similarity with Justin Hayward in the chorus", but added: "Alison proves here that she's still the queen of the larger lady singers, with a cool bit of summer pop that ought to be a great hit."[9]
Track listing
[edit]- 7" single
- "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
- "Baby I Do" – 3:10
- 7" single (US promo)
- "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
- "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
- 12" single
- "Love Resurrection" (Long Version) – 5:33
- "Baby I Do" – 3:10
- 12" single
- "Love Resurrection" (Love Injected Remix) – 8:48
- "Baby I Do" – 3:10
- 12" single (US promo)
- "Love Resurrection" (Album Version) – 5:33
- "Love Resurrection" (Single Version) – 3:49
Versions
[edit]- "Love Resurrection" (Single Version) - 3:49
- "Love Resurrection" (Love Injected Mix a.k.a. Long Version) - 8:50
- "Love Resurrection" (US Long Version) - 5:31
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]Chart (1984–85) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] | 17 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11] | 23 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[12] | 39 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] | 25 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] | 26 |
Ireland (IRMA)[15] | 8 |
Italy (Musica e dischi)[16] | 4 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[17] | 18 |
UK Singles (OCC)[18] | 10 |
US Billboard Hot 100[19] | 82 |
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[20] | 47 |
US Hot Dance/Disco 12 Inch Singles Sales (Billboard)[21] | 49 |
US Cash Box Top 100 Singles[22] | 81 |
Year-end charts
[edit]Chart (1984) | Position |
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UK Singles (Gallup)[23] | 95 |
In other media
[edit]In 2006, "Love Resurrection" appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. The song can be heard on a fictional pop/rock/New Wave radio station called Flash FM.[24]
Cover versions
[edit]A dance cover by D'Lux was released in June 1996 and reached number 58 in the UK charts.[25]
Christian singer Kim Boyce also covered this song for her 1986 self-titled debut album on Myrrh Records.
References
[edit]- ^ "News: Alf's back". Record Mirror. 9 June 1984. p. 4.
- ^ "ALISON MOYET | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ Adams, Nick (13 October 1984). "The men in my life". Number One.
- ^ "Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (Promo)". YouTube. 3 February 2016.
- ^ Levy, Eleanor (30 June 1984). "Is this the new Barbara Streisand?". Record Mirror.
- ^ "Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (US Version) (Promo)". YouTube. 25 March 2011.
- ^ Bell, Max (16 June 1984). "Single reviews". Number One.
- ^ Bursche, Paul (6 October 1984). "Single reviews". Number One.
- ^ McGuire, Jessi (16 June 1984). "Singles". Record Mirror.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
- ^ "Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0554." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Alison Moyet" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love Resurrection". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Alison Moyet".
- ^ "Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Alison Moyet: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Alison Moyet Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Alison Moyet Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Hot Dance/Disco - 12 Inch Singles Sales". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 35. Billboard Publications, Inc. 31 August 1985. p. 72. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Downey, Pat; Albert, George; Hoffman, Frank (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc. p. 240. ISBN 1563083167. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Top 100 Singles 1984" (PDF). Music Week. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
- ^ Rockstar Games (26 October 2006). "The Music of GTA: Vice City Stories - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "D'LUX | Artist". Official Charts. 22 June 1996. Retrieved 8 May 2014.