Who Needs Love Like That

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"Who Needs Love Like That"

Original 1985 single cover
Single by Erasure
from the album Wonderland
B-side "Push Me Shove Me" (1985)
Released 2 September 1985 (original version)
26 October 1992 (Hamburg mix)
Format 12", 7", CD
Recorded 1985
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:16
Label Mute Records (UK)
Sire Records (U.S.)
Writer(s) Vince Clarke
Producer Flood
Erasure singles chronology
"Who Needs Love Like That"
(1985)		 "Heavenly Action"
(1985)
"Abba-esque"
(1992)
"Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix)"
(1992)
"Always"
(1994)
Alternative cover
1992 remix single cover

"Who Needs Love Like That" is the debut single released by British synth pop duo Erasure. The song was released in the UK on Mute Records in 1985 as a prelude to their debut album Wonderland.

Contents

[edit] History

"Who Needs Love Like That" is an uptempo pop song written by Vince Clarke. The lyrics are a cast-off to a destructive love relationship, in which the protagonist asks "who needs love like that?" The music video takes place in a mock Western, with Clarke, Andy Bell and various extras dressed as cowboys. Both Bell and Clarke appear in dual roles, the others being woman's drags.

Upon its release, the song spent two weeks in the UK singles chart, peaking at number fifty-five. In 1992, the song was remixed and tacked on to the end of Erasure's greatest hits collection Pop! - the First 20 Hits (although in the U.S. it only appears on the cassette release). The "Hamburg Mix" (slightly retitled to put "Like That" in parenthesis) was released as a single and became a Top 10 UK hit, peaking at number ten.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] Original Release (1985)

[edit] 7" single (MUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That"
  2. "Push Me Shove Me"

[edit] 12" single (12MUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
  2. "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
  3. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

[edit] Limited 12" single (L12MUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Mexican Mix)
  2. "Push Me Shove Me" (Tacos Mix)

[edit] 12" US single (SIRE 0-20404)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (The Love That Mix Version) 6:08
  2. "Push Me Shove Me" (That Rough and Tumble Mix) 5:46
  3. "Heavenly Action" (A Divine Mix) 6:43
  4. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Single Edit) 3:03

[edit] CD Single (CDMUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That"
  2. "Push Me Shove Me"
  3. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
  4. "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
  5. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

[edit] Hamburg Mix (1992)

[edit] 7" single (MUTE150) / Cassette single (CMUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
  2. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Single Edit)

[edit] 12" single (12MUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
  2. "Ship of Fools" (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
  3. "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling Mix)

[edit] CD single (CDMUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
  2. "The Soldier's Return"
  3. "Don't Say No"
  4. "The Circus" (Gladiator Mix)

[edit] Limited CD single (LCDMUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
  2. "Ship of Fools" (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
  3. "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling Mix)

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Original release

Chart (1985/1986) Peak
position
French Singles Chart[citation needed] 10
German Singles Chart[1] 48
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 23
UK Singles Chart[3] 55
U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart[4] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Chart[5] 13

[edit] Hamburg Mix release (1992)

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[6] 18
German Singles Chart[1] 27
Irish Singles Chart[7] 8
Swedish Singles Chart[8] 31
UK Singles Chart[9] 10

[edit] References

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  1. ^ a b "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche". musicline.de. http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Erasure/?type=single. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
  2. ^ Steffen Hung. "Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That". hitparade.ch. http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Erasure&titel=Who+Needs+Love+Like+That&cat=s. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
  3. ^ "Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=12575. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
  4. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/erasure/chart-history/4558?f=359&g=Singles
  5. ^ "Erasure". AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/erasure-p4198/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
  6. ^ http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Erasure&titel=Who+Needs+Love+%28Like+That%29+[1992]&cat=s
  7. ^ Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
  8. ^ http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Erasure&titel=Who+Needs+Love+%28Like+That%29+[1992]&cat=s
  9. ^ "Erasure - Who Needs Love (Like That)". Chart Stats. 1992-11-28. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=20082. Retrieved 2012-01-12. 
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