After the Love Has Gone (Steps song)

"After the Love Has Gone"
Single by Steps
from the album Steptacular
B-side "My Best Friend's Girl"
Released 11 October 1999
Format
Recorded 1999
Genre Pop
Length 4:35
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Steps singles chronology
"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"
(1999)		 "After the Love Has Gone"
(1999)		 "Say You'll Be Mine / Better the Devil You Know"
(1999)

"Love's Got a Hold on My Heart"
(1999)		 "After the Love Has Gone'"
(1999)		 "Say You'll Be Mine / Better the Devil You Know"
(1999)
Music video
"After the Love Has Gone" on YouTube

"After the Love Has Gone" is a song by Steps, released as their seventh single, and the third from their second album Steptacular. The track continues the group's pop sound but has clear Asian musical influences. The song is very similar to One for Sorrow, with Claire on lead vocals throughout.

Music video

The video was shot at Universal Studios Florida[2] in Orlando and has Asian influences. The group wear jade-green outfits for the dance sequences, in a setting of Chinese lanterns and a dancing dragon.

Track listings

UK CD-Single

  1. After the Love Has Gone - 4:35
  2. After the Love Has Gone [W.I.P. Mix] - 5:37
  3. My Best Friend's Girl - 3:40

Europe CD-Maxi

  1. After The Love Has Gone (Radio Mix) 4:32
  2. After The Love Has Gone (Video Mix) 4:36
  3. After The Love Has Gone (W.I.P. Mix) 5:37
  4. My Best Friend's Girl 3:40

Australian CD-Maxi

  1. After The Love Has Gone (Radio Mix) 4:35
  2. After The Love Has Gone (W.I.P. Mix) 5:37
  3. My Best Friend's Girl 3:40
  4. One For Sorrow (Tony Moran's 7-inch Remix) 3:30

Cassette

  1. After the Love Has Gone - 4:35
  2. My Best Friend's Girl - 3:40

Remixes

  • After the Love Has Gone (Radio Edit)

Credits and personnel

Chart performance

The song spent eleven weeks in the UK singles charts peaking at #5. It fell out of the top 75 after nine weeks, but rose and spent two more weeks inside.

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Charts) 47
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) 13
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[5] 23
Netherlands (Tipparade)[6] 17
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 63
Ireland (IRMA) 18
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[7] 4
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) 5

References

  1. ↑ Pickels, Daniel (2000). "After The Love Has Gone". STEPS!Land. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  2. ↑ Music video location, http://www.generationsteps.co.uk/archive/videocaptures/atlhg.php
  3. ↑ Steptacular (Liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, EBUL. 1999. 0519112.
  4. ↑ "Steptacular" (Liner notes). Steps. Jive Records, EBUL. 1999. 0518492.
  5. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Steps - After The Love Has Gone" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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