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"Love Resurrection"
Single by Alison Moyet
from the album Alf
B-side"Baby I Do"
Released11 June 1984 [1]
Genre Pop
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet, Tony Swain
Producer(s) Jolley & Swain
Alison Moyet singles chronology
"Love Resurrection"
(1984) 		" All Cried Out"
(1984)
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

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

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

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 Haywood 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

7" single
  1. "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
  2. "Baby I Do" – 3:10
7" single (US promo)
  1. "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
  2. "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
12" single
  1. "Love Resurrection" (Long Version) – 5:33
  2. "Baby I Do" – 3:10
12" single
  1. "Love Resurrection" (Love Injected Remix) – 8:48
  2. "Baby I Do" – 3:10
12" single (US promo)
  1. "Love Resurrection" (Album Version) – 5:33
  2. "Love Resurrection" (Single Version) – 3:49

Versions

  • "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

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–85) Peak
position
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

Year-end chart performance for "Love Resurrection"
Chart (1984) Position
UK Singles (Gallup) [23] 95

In other media

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

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

  1. ^ "News: Alf's back". Record Mirror. 9 June 1984. p. 4.
  2. ^ "ALISON MOYET | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ Adams, Nick (13 October 1984). "The men in my life". Number One.
  4. ^ "Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (Promo)". YouTube.
  5. ^ Levy, Eleanor (30 June 1984). "Is this the new Barbara Streisand?". Record Mirror.
  6. ^ "Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (US Version) (Promo)". YouTube.
  7. ^ Bell, Max (16 June 1984). "Single reviews". Number One.
  8. ^ Bursche, Paul (6 October 1984). "Single reviews". Number One.
  9. ^ McGuire, Jessi (16 June 1984). "Singles". Record Mirror.
  10. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN  978-0-646-11917-5.
  11. ^ " Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 0554." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  13. ^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Alison Moyet" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  14. ^ " Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  15. ^ " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love Resurrection". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Alison Moyet".
  17. ^ " Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Alison Moyet: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Alison Moyet Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Alison Moyet Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Hot Dance/Disco - 12 Inch Singles Sales". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 35. Billboard Publications, Inc. 31 August 1985. p. 72. ISSN  0006-2510.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "Top 100 Singles 1984" (PDF). Music Week. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  24. ^ Rockstar Games (26 October 2006). "The Music of GTA: Vice City Stories - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  25. ^ "D'LUX | Artist". Official Charts. 22 June 1996. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Love_Resurrection&oldid=1216689386"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Love Resurrection"
Single by Alison Moyet
from the album Alf
B-side"Baby I Do"
Released11 June 1984 [1]
Genre Pop
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet, Tony Swain
Producer(s) Jolley & Swain
Alison Moyet singles chronology
"Love Resurrection"
(1984) 		" All Cried Out"
(1984)
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

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

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

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 Haywood 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

7" single
  1. "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
  2. "Baby I Do" – 3:10
7" single (US promo)
  1. "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
  2. "Love Resurrection" – 3:49
12" single
  1. "Love Resurrection" (Long Version) – 5:33
  2. "Baby I Do" – 3:10
12" single
  1. "Love Resurrection" (Love Injected Remix) – 8:48
  2. "Baby I Do" – 3:10
12" single (US promo)
  1. "Love Resurrection" (Album Version) – 5:33
  2. "Love Resurrection" (Single Version) – 3:49

Versions

  • "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

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–85) Peak
position
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

Year-end chart performance for "Love Resurrection"
Chart (1984) Position
UK Singles (Gallup) [23] 95

In other media

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

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

  1. ^ "News: Alf's back". Record Mirror. 9 June 1984. p. 4.
  2. ^ "ALISON MOYET | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ^ Adams, Nick (13 October 1984). "The men in my life". Number One.
  4. ^ "Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (Promo)". YouTube.
  5. ^ Levy, Eleanor (30 June 1984). "Is this the new Barbara Streisand?". Record Mirror.
  6. ^ "Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (US Version) (Promo)". YouTube.
  7. ^ Bell, Max (16 June 1984). "Single reviews". Number One.
  8. ^ Bursche, Paul (6 October 1984). "Single reviews". Number One.
  9. ^ McGuire, Jessi (16 June 1984). "Singles". Record Mirror.
  10. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN  978-0-646-11917-5.
  11. ^ " Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  12. ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 0554." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  13. ^ " Nederlandse Top 40 – Alison Moyet" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  14. ^ " Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  15. ^ " The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love Resurrection". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  16. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Alison Moyet".
  17. ^ " Alison Moyet – Love Resurrection". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  18. ^ "Alison Moyet: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  19. ^ "Alison Moyet Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  20. ^ "Alison Moyet Chart History (Dance Club Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Hot Dance/Disco - 12 Inch Singles Sales". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 35. Billboard Publications, Inc. 31 August 1985. p. 72. ISSN  0006-2510.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ "Top 100 Singles 1984" (PDF). Music Week. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  24. ^ Rockstar Games (26 October 2006). "The Music of GTA: Vice City Stories - IGN". Uk.ign.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  25. ^ "D'LUX | Artist". Official Charts. 22 June 1996. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Love_Resurrection&oldid=1216689386"

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