Love Resurrection

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"Love Resurrection"
Single by Alison Moyet
from the album Alf
B-side"Baby I Do"
Released11 June 1984[1]
GenrePop
LabelColumbia
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[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 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[edit]

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[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
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]

Year-end chart performance for "Love Resurrection"
Chart (1984) Position
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]

  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.
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