"We Love You" | ||||
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Single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | ||||
from the album The Pacific Age | ||||
B-side | "We Love You" (Dub) | |||
Released | 3 November 1986 | |||
Format | 7", 2×7", 12" single | |||
Recorded | Studio De La Grande Armée, Paris | |||
Genre | New wave | |||
Length | 4:10 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Songwriter(s) | Humphreys, McCluskey, Stephen Hague | |||
Producer(s) | Stephen Hague | |||
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark singles chronology | ||||
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"We Love You" is a song by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released as the second single taken from their 1986 album, The Pacific Age.
The track is sung from the perspective of a citizen living under a totalitarian system, who has grown fearful about his family's future while still feigning adoration for his dictator leader. The "We love you" refrain was also designed to be interpreted as an expression of gratitude to the OMD listener base; the group's fanclub was invited to appear in the single's accompanying music video. The song was sampled in the early 1990s for BBC Wales's Scrum V programme.