"Love's Great Adventure" is a single released by Ultravox on 12 October 1984.[1][2] Having enjoyed massive radio airplay that autumn, the single became Ultravox's thirteenth Top 30 single in Britain, and was their last major hit in the UK, peaking at #12 in the UK Singles Chart.[3]
| "Love's Great Adventure" | ||||
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| Single by Ultravox | ||||
| from the album The Collection | ||||
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| Released | 12 October 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, pop rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 3:04 5:40 (Extended version) | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure | |||
| Producer(s) | Ultravox | |||
| Ultravox singles chronology | ||||
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Background edit
The song was not released on a studio album, instead appearing on their 1984 compilation album The Collection.
Billy Currie said 1984: "We wanted to do something different, to get out of the way singles that are taken from an album tend to sound the same as each other. You know, when any band puts out several singles from the same album, they might appear to be very different in some ways, but because they were all recorded at the same time, they have the same feel to them. We wanted to get away from that - do a one-off single totally separate from any album. The recording was a lot more immediate than 'Lament'. We decided not to go into the studio and spend a long time doing it, because things can become really sluggish when you're doing albums. For the single there was plenty of momentum going, and the momentum thing is important: having done the single like that, I'd now like to do an album in the same way - do it with just a couple of days' rehearsals, or none at all, which was what we did for the single."[4]
In popular culture edit
An episode of the BBC series Inside No. 9, also called "Love's Great Adventure", used this song as its closing theme.
Track listing edit
7" version edit
- "Love's Great Adventure" – 3:04 - (Cross, Ure)
- "White China (Live June 84 at Hammersmith Odeon)" – 3:43 - (music: Cross, Cann, Currie - lyrics: Ure)
12" version edit
- "Love's Great Adventure (Extended Version)" – 5:40
- "White China (Live June 84 at Hammersmith Odeon)" – 3:43
- "Man of Two Worlds (Instrumental)" – 4:32 - (music: Currie, Cann, Cross, Ure - lyrics: Ure)
References edit
- ^ "Record News". NME. London, England: 51. 6 October 1984.
- ^ "allmusic". AllMusic. 1 August 2021.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ "loves-great-adventure".