Your Love (The Outfield song)
| "Your Love" | ||||
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| Single by The Outfield | ||||
| from the album Play Deep | ||||
| B-side | "61 Seconds" | |||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Format | 45 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Power Pop | |||
| Length | 3:36 3:15 (7") |
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| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | John Spinks | |||
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"Your Love" is a song from The Outfield's debut album, Play Deep. It was written by John Frederick Spinks. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #7 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1986.
[edit] Covers
The song has been covered by ska/punk band Less than Jake on the Goodbye Blue and White album and the band The Rescues on their album "Crazy Ever After" (2008).
The Punk Goes... series includes two covers of the song: one by Midtown on Punk Goes 80's and another by I See Stars on Punk Goes Classic Rock.
It has also been covered by Wyclef Jean featuring Eve as a reggae mix on the soundtrack to Adam Sandler's 50 First Dates. Another cover of this song exists by German euro-trance group Topmodelz, released in 2007. Another cover has been done by Burn Your Wishes featuring current guitarist for Killswitch Engage, Adam Dutkiewicz, and current guitarist for Unearth, Ken Susi. It has also been covered by Coheed & Cambria front-man Claudio Sanchez on his side-project The Prize Fighter Inferno. The song has also been covered by the North Carolina-based, queercore group The Butchies as a slow ballad on their album Make Yr Life.
An acoustic version was recorded in 1992 and is featured on the 80's Hits Stripped compilation.
Emma Burgess covered the song in 2006 on her album "Swim", which appeared on the ABC Family show "Wildfire" in February 2008.
Katy Perry covered the song in 2007 for her Ur So Gay EP. The title was changed to "Use Your Love" and a few of the lyrics were altered.
Software maker Intuit has used this song in a viral marketing campaign [1] for Quickbooks by creating jingles for business owners.
R&B singer Lloyd also sampled the chorus in his song "Lose Your Love", from his 2008 album Lessons in Love. It was produced by Big Reese & Jasper. Rapper B.o.B sampled the song in his 2008 song "Use Ur Love", produced by Jim Jonsin. Rapper Charles Hamilton also sampled it for use in a song entitled "Theories of Wine".
Bon Iver covered the song (10/11/2009) at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee.[1] Indie rock band The Decemberists have been performing a cover of the song live since as early as 2005.[2] Canadian alternative country artist Kathleen Edwards has also covered this song in her live shows.
Massachusetts melodic hardcore band A Wilhelm Scream covered the song on the Australian release of their eponymous EP.
Australian pop star, Cody Simpson, did a song called, "On My Mind", which did feature a sample from The Outfield's Your Love as the base for the song.
[edit] References
- ^ YouTube: Bon Iver "Your Love" The Outfield cover (retrieved April 9, 2010)
- ^ You Ain't No Picasso: Decemberists Covers Archive
