Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)

"Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)"
Single by Amanda Lear
from the album Diamonds for Breakfast
B-side "Oh Boy"
Released 1979
Format 7"
Recorded 1979
Genre Euro disco
Length 5:25 (album version)
4:17 (single edit)
Label Ariola
Songwriter(s) Rainer Pietsch, Amanda Lear
Producer(s) Anthony Monn
Amanda Lear singles chronology
"Fashion Pack"
(1979)		 "Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)"
(1979)		 "Diamonds"
(1979)

"Fashion Pack"
(1979)		 "Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)"
(1979)		 "Diamonds"
(1979)

"Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1979 by Ariola Records as the lead single from her album Diamonds for Breakfast.

Song information

The song was composed by Rainer Pietsch and produced by Anthony Monn. The ambiguous Amanda Lear-penned lyrics address the ever-circulating rumours that she had had a sex change: "Surgeon built me so well that nobody could tell that I once was somebody else", before adding "My fabulous secret is mine", which is as close to a confession of a former identity as Lear has come – before or since.

"Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)" was released as the advance single from Amanda's fourth album, Diamonds for Breakfast, in the second half of 1979. The B-side of the single was "Oh Boy", a song about a girl who unluckily falls in love with a gay boy, which would later also be included on Diamonds for Breakfast. Photographs used on the cover were taken by Denis Taranto.

The song was a top 10 success in Sweden, where it remains Lear's highest charting single to date, and a modest hit in Germany. In 1998, the singer re-recorded the song for the Back in Your Arms album, which mostly consisted of new versions of her 1970s hits.

Track listing

A. "Fabulous (Lover, Love Me)" – 4:17
B. "Oh Boy" – 4:30

Chart performance

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Germany[3] 25
Sweden[4] 8

References

  1. ↑ "Amanda Lear - Fabulous Lover, Love Me at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  2. ↑ "FABULOUS "LOVER, LOVE ME" 1979 Germany". tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  3. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  4. ↑ "Discography Amanda Lear". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-10-08.
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