- Love Is the Drug
Infobox Single
Name = Love Is the Drug
from Album = Siren
Artist =Roxy Music
Released= September 1975
track_no = 1
Recorded = Summer 1975
Genre =Art rock
Length = 4:11
Writer =Bryan Ferry /Andy Mackay
[ Label =EG Records
Producer =Chris Thomas
Chart position =
Last single = "All I Want Is You"
October 1974
This single = "Love Is the Drug"
September 1975
Next single = "Both Ends Burning"
December 1975
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Siren
Type = studio
prev_track = (start of album)
this_track = "Love Is the Drug"
track_no = Track 1
next_track = "End of the Line"
next_no = Track 2Infobox Single
Name = Love Is the Drug
Artist =Grace Jones
from Album = Warm Leatherette
B-side = "Sinning"
Released = 1980
Format =7" single
Recorded =
Genre =Disco
Length = A: 4:40, B: 4:10
Label =Island Records WIP 6605
Writer =Bryan Ferry ,Andy Mackay
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "A Rolling Stone " (1980)
This single = "Love Is the Drug" (1980)
Next single = "Private Life" (1980)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = single
Lower caption = 1986 Remix "Love Is the Drug" is a 1975 single fromRoxy Music . A number two hit in theUnited Kingdom , it also gave the group its first substantial exposure in theUnited States , reaching number 30 in early 1976 on the U.S. pop singles chart and doing even better on progressive rock radio.The song started as an
Andy Mackay instrumental, but then gained lyrics fromBryan Ferry ; Ferry said the song came to him while he was walking and kicking the leaves in Hyde Park."Love Is the Drug" is one of
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll . It remains Roxy Music's highest-charting single in the U.S., while in the UK it was only topped by their 1981 version ofJohn Lennon 's "Jealous Guy ".In the
Depeche Mode tour documentary/film "101", lead vocalistDave Gahan can be seen singing along to the song while playing apinball machine .Credits
*
Bryan Ferry : Voice and Piano
*Andy MacKay : Oboe and Saxophone (and Treatments)
* John Gustafson: Bass
* Paul Thompson: Drums andTimpani
*Phil Manzanera : Guitar (and Treatments)
*Eddie Jobson : Violin, Synthesizer and KeyboardsGrace Jones version
Grace Jones recorded "Love Is the Drug" on her "Warm Leatherette" album from 1980 and the track was released as the second single following "A Rolling Stone " in the UK while it was the first single to be released in Germany. After failing to chart in 1980, a remix of the Grace Jones version was released in 1986 following the 1985 compilation "Island Life " and then became a minor hit in the UK, peaking at #35.Other cover versions
Kylie Minogue recorded the track for the 2007 "Radio 1. Established 1967 " compilation album. The Australian rock group,Divinyls , also recorded a version for the "Super Mario Bros." film soundtrack.Related items
In 2004, a hardback novel written by American author Sarahbeth Purcell, by the same name, "Love Is the Drug", was released by Atria, an imprint of Simon and Schuster with many music references throughout.
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