It Doesn't Have to Be

It Doesn't Have to Be

Infobox Single |
Name = It Doesn't Have To Be


Caption =
Artist = Erasure
from Album = The Circus
B-side = "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
Released = February 16, 1987
Format = 12", 7", CD
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 3:53
Label = Mute (UK)
Sire (U.S.)
Writer = Vince Clarke, Andy Bell
Producer = Flood
Certification =
Last single = "Sometimes"
(1987)
This single = "It Doesn't Have To Be"
(1987)
Next single = "Victim of Love"
(1987)

"It Doesn't Have To Be" is a song by British synthpop duo Erasure, released in February 1987. It was issued as a single six weeks before the release of the duo's second album, "The Circus".

Following the number-two UK placing of previous single "Sometimes", "It Doesn't Have To Be" became Erasure's second Top 20 hit in the UK (peaking at number twelve) and their third German Top 20 hit (number sixteen).

Written by Erasure members Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, the instrumental track heavily features Clarke's signature synthesizer programming along with a prominent acoustic guitar. Bell's lyrics touch upon patching up an argument between two people in a relationship "("you are on one side / I am on the other / are we divided?")".

The single's B-side, "In the Hall of the Mountain King", is taken from Grieg's "Peer Gynt" suite.

Track listings

7" single (MUTE56)

# "It Doesn't Have To Be"
# "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

12" single (12MUTE56)

# "It Doesn't Have To Be" (Boop Oopa Doo Mix)
# "Who Needs Love Like That" (Betty Boop Mix)
# "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Limited 12" single (L12MUTE56)

# "It Doesn't Have To Be" (Cement Mix)
# "Heavenly Action" (Holger Hiller Mix)
# "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (New Version)

CD single (CDMUTE56)

# "It Doesn't Have To Be"
# "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
# "It Doesn't Have To Be" (Boop Oopa Doo Mix)
# "Who Needs Love Like That"

CD single (Special Edition CDMUTE56)

# "It Doesn't Have To Be"
# "Sometimes"
# "Oh L'amour"
# "Heavenly Action"
# "Who Needs Love Like That"
# "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (Remix)
# "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Chart performance


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