The Look of Love (ABC song)

Infobox Single
Name = The Look of Love


Artist = ABC
from Album = The Lexicon of Love
A-side = The Look of Love [Part One] (7")
The Look of Love [Parts One & Two] (12")
B-side = The Look of Love [Part Two] (7")
The Look of Love [Parts Three & Four] (12")
Released = 1982
Format = 7" / 12"
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Synth-pop
Length = 3:26
Label = Mercury Records (U.S.)
Neutron Records (UK)
Vertigo Records (France)
Writer = ABC
Producer = Trevor Horn
Certification =
Last single = "Poison Arrow" (1982)
This single = "The Look of Love" (1982)
Next single = "All of My Heart" (1982)

"The Look of Love" is a New Romantic song recorded by ABC in 1982, included on their debut album, "The Lexicon of Love". It is widely considered a classic of its era.Fact|date=March 2008 Released as a single and as a 12" remix, the went to number one on the Billboard Dance/Disco chart as well as the Canadian pop singles chart. It was their biggest hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 4, and was a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S., peaking at number 18.

The single consists of four parts, referred to as "Parts One, Two, Three and Four". Part One is the standard album version, Part Two is an instrumental version, Part Three is a vocal remix and Part Four is a short acoustic instrumental part of the song, containing strings and horns, as well as occasional harp plucks and xylophone. A different remix version by producer Trevor Horn appeared on the 1982 U.S. 12".

A music video for the song featured the band's members at a carnival, taped on a soundstage.

The '82 U.S. Extended Remix was not widely available after its initial release, but the track remained much in demand by club DJs and fans alike, and copies of the original 12" version fetched high prices. When Neutron (the band's UK label) discovered this, they issued a limited edition re-pressing of the Horn remix (though did not officially re-release the song) in 1985. A new remix of the song by Paul O'Duffy was officially released in 1990, without participation or approval from the band's members. Subsequent years have brought numerous re-releases of "The Lexicon of Love" and several hits collections, yet oddly enough on the frequent occasions when a remix of "The Look of Love" is included, it is almost always the 1990 O'Duffy retread, and not the classic, chart-topping 1982 Trevor Horn original.

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