Love Resurrection
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| Single by Alison Moyet | ||||
| from the album Alf | ||||
| Released | June 1984 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet, Tony Swain | |||
| Producer(s) | Jolley & Swain | |||
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"Love Resurrection" is a pop song written by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet and producers Jolley & Swain for Moyet's debut studio album Alf (1984). Released as the album's first single in June 1984, it reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart. It was released in the US in summer 1985 following "Invisible" and reached number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 that August.
There are two versions of the music video. The first version, made for the worldwide single release, shows Moyet at a Middle Eastern encampment somewhere in the desert. As she wanders through, the camera pans across the barren landscape and zooms in on a skull figure.
The second version, made for the American market, showed a softer side to Moyet following the breakup of Yazoo. The video shows Moyet, dressed all in white, performing the song in a darkened venue with a backup band in front of a small audience.
In the 16 June 1984 issue of Number One magazine, Max Bell reviewed the single, noting the single's "MOR direction". He commented: "Alf gives it loads but the Swain and Jollified electronic wash which accompanies is not entirely suitable and leaves you feeling that here is a catchphrase in search of a song. Tender but disposable." In a Number One magazine review of Moyet's follow-up single "All Cried Out", reviewer Paul Bursche praised "Love Resurrection" as being "magnificent, perhaps the best song of 1984".
A dance/pop cover in the genre of gospel music was released on inspirational US singer Kim Boyce's debut album in 1986. There were minor lyric changes to the song to incorporate it into the gospel genre.
A dance cover by D'Lux was released in June 1996 and reached number 58 in the UK charts.
In 2009, UK band Aurora released their version, with vocals by Amanda Wilson.
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