Love and Understanding

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"Love and Understanding"
Single by Cher
from the album Love Hurts
B-side "Trail Of Broken Hearts"
Released May 21, 1991
Format CD single, 7", 12", cassette single
Recorded 1990/91
Genre Pop rock, adult contemporary
Length 4:43 (Album Version)
4:08 (Edit)
Label Geffen Records
Writer(s) Diane Warren
Producer Diane Warren, Guy Roche
Cher singles chronology
"Baby I'm Yours"
(1990)		 "Love and Understanding"
(1991)		 "Save Up All Your Tears"
(1991)
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"Love and Understanding" is a rock song by American singer-actress Cher from her twenty-first studio album, Love Hurts. Written by Diane Warren, produced by Warren & Guy Roche, it was released as the album's lead single in 1991 for the European and North American market. The B-Side "Trail Of Broken Hearts" appears on the soundtrack to the Tom Cruise film Days of Thunder and is not available on any Cher album.

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Music video [edit]

The single spawned a music video that had Cher and her backing band rehearsing the song while interlocking scenes of her in an orange colored wig and her dancers dancing around her are shown.

Live performances [edit]

Cher performed the song on the following concert tour:

Track listings [edit]

  • UK 7" single[1]
  1. "Love And Understanding" (Edit) - 4:08
  2. "Trail Of Broken Hearts" - 4:30
  • German CD single[1]
  1. "Love And Understanding" - 4:08
  2. "Trail Of Broken Hearts" - 4:30
  3. "If I Could Turn Back Time" - 4:16
  • US 12" single[2]
  1. "Love And Understanding" (12" Dance Mix) - 5:25
  2. "Love And Understanding" (Stringappella Mix) - 4:20
  3. "Love And Understanding" (Dub And Understanding Mix) - 5:35
  4. "Love And Understanding" (House Of Love Mix) - 5:45
  5. "Love And Understanding" (Cher Some Love Dub) - 4:10
  6. "Trail Of Broken Hearts" - 4:30
  • Promo - CD-Maxi single 1[1]
  1. "Love And Understanding" (Edit) - 4:08
  2. "Love And Understanding" - 4:43
  3. "Love And Understanding" (AC Version) - 4:38
  • Promo - CD-Maxi single 2[1]
  1. "Love And Understanding" (12" Extended Dance Mix) - 5:25
  2. "Love And Understanding" (12" Edit Dance Mix) - 4:40
  3. "Love And Understanding" (House Of Love Mix) - 5:45

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Official versions and remixes [edit]

  • Album Version (4:43)
  • Edit (4:08)
  • Promo Edit (3:51)
  • AC Version (4:38)
  • 12" Dance Mix (5:25)
  • 12" Dance Mix Edit (4:40)
  • Stringappella Mix (4:20)
  • Dub And Understanding Mix (5:35)
  • House Of Love Mix (5:45)
  • Cher Some Love Dub (4:10)

Personnel [edit]

  • Vocals – Cher
  • Producer – Diane Warren, Guy Roche
  • Recorded by - David Thoener, Frank Wolf
  • Mix engineer - Curt Frasca
  • Mixed by - David Thoener
  • The song was recorded at A&M Recording Studios, The Music Grinder and The Complex

Charts [edit]

Weekly Charts [edit]

Charts (1991) Peak
Position
Australian Singles Chart[3] 23
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 6
Belgian Singles Chart 9
Canadian Hot 100 8
Canadian Adult Contemporary 5
French Singles Chart[3] 21
German Singles Chart[4] 20
European Hot 100 23
Irish Singles Chart 7
Dutch Top 40[5] 9
Dutch Singles Chart[6] 13
New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 25
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 29
Swedish Airplay Chart 6
UK Singles Chart[8] 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 17
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 3

Annual Charts [edit]

Country (1991) Position
Canada 93
Germany [9] 118
Netherlands [10] 86

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Love and Understanding Tracklisting". Ultratop.de. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
  2. ^ "Love And Understanding Single". 
  3. ^ a b c d "Love and Understanding on world charts". Ultratop 50. 1991. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
  4. ^ "Cher singles chart". Musicline. Musicline.de. October 23, 2009. 
  5. ^ http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=36&jaar=1991
  6. ^ Dutch Singles Chart [1] . Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  7. ^ New Zealand Singles Chart [2] . Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  8. ^ "Love and Understanding" in UK Singles Chart [3] . Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  9. ^ Dutch Top 40 (1991). "Dutch Top 40; End of year charts". Retrieved 2010-08-27. 
  10. ^ German Singles Chart (1991). "German Singles Chart; End of year charts". Retrieved 2010-08-27. 

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