Slave to Love
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| Single by Bryan Ferry | ||||
| from the album Boys and Girls | ||||
| Released | 10 May 1985 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 3:59 (7" mix) 4:17 (album version) |
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| Label | E.G. Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Bryan Ferry | |||
| Producer(s) | Bryan Ferry Rhett Davies |
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"Slave to Love" is the first single released from Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry's 1985 release, Boys and Girls. The song is one of Ferry's most popular solo hits. The single was released on 28 April 1985 and spent 9 weeks in the UK charts in 1985, peaking at number 10.
It has been used in various cinematic works. It was featured in the episode "Junk Love" of Miami Vice (1985), in Fire with Fire (1986), Bitter Moon (1992), Malice (1993), and perhaps the most memorable inclusion in the erotic drama 9½ Weeks (1986), starring Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke. The song was also featured in the season 5 episode "My New God" of Scrubs, and most recently, the song can be heard playing in the background, in a bar scene, in the FX series American Horror Story: Freak Show, episode 5, titled "Pink Cupcakes" (2014); and in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015). "Exit To Eden" with Dan Aykroyd and Rosie O'Donnell. The song was also featured in a 1986 episode of the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless as well as a 1987 episode of All My Children and a 1989 episode of Santa Barbara.
The song features Neil Hubbard and Keith Scott on lead guitar,Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Omar Hakim on drums, and Tony Levin on bass guitar.
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