Get That Love

"Get That Love"
Single by Thompson Twins
from the album Close to the Bone
B-side "Perfect Day"
Released March 1987[1]
Format
Genre
Length 4:00
Label Arista Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Thompson Twins singles chronology
"Nothing In Common"
(1986)		 "Get That Love"
(1987)		 "Long Goodbye"
(1987)

"Nothing In Common"
(1986)		 "Get That Love"
(1987)		 "Long Goodbye"
(1987)

"Get That Love" is a song by the British pop group Thompson Twins, released in 1987 as the lead single from their sixth studio album Close to the Bone. It was written by Alannah Currie and Tom Bailey, and produced by Rupert Hine and Bailey. The single peaked at No. 66 in the UK and spent four weeks in the Top 100.[2] It fared better in America where it reached No. 31 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[3]

A music video was filmed to promote the single.[4] It was directed by Andy Morahan and was produced by Richard Bell for Vivid Productions.[5][6] It received medium rotation on MTV.[7] The duo also performed the song on the UK TV talk show Wogan.[8]

Critical reception

Upon release, Billboard described "Get That Love" as a "cheerful pop romp" which "seems to signal a swing back to jumpy spontaneity over hi-tech polish".[9] Cash Box picked the single as one of their "feature picks" of March 1987 and described it as a "sparkling pop spectacle", with a "good, solid performance".[10] In a review of Close to the Bone, Fred Dellar of Hi-Fi News & Record Review picked "Get That Love" as one of three tracks that had "the hooks and looks of hits".[11]

Formats

7" Single
  1. "Get That Love" - 4:00
  2. "Perfect Day" - 4:26
12" Single
  1. "Get That Love (Extended version)" - 6:28
  2. "Get That Love (7" version)" - 4:00
  3. "Perfect Day" - 4:26
12" Single (America only
  1. "Get That Love (7" version)" - 3:57
  2. "Perfect Day" - 4:26
  3. "Get That Love (Extended version)" - 6:25
  4. "Get That Love (Dub)" - 6:58
CD Single
  1. "Get That Love (Extended version)" - 6:33
  2. "Perfect Day" - 4:31
  3. "Get That Love (Dub)" - 7:03
  4. "Get That Love (7" version)" - 4:03

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
French Singles Chart 10
Canadian Singles Chart[12] 78
UK Singles Chart[2] 66
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 31

Personnel

  • Tom Bailey - lead vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, associate producer, programming
  • Alannah Currie - percussion, backing vocals, artwork direction
Additional Personnel
  • Rupert Hine - producer
  • Griff Fender, Pikey Butler, The Mint Juleps - backing vocals
  • Stephen W. Tayler - engineer
  • Andie Airfix, Satori - artwork design
  • Carrie Branovan - photography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/twins12
  2. 1 2 "the-thompson-twins | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  3. 1 2 "Thompson Twins - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
  4. ↑ Published on Mar 14, 2012 (2012-03-14). "Thompson Twins - Get That Love". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  5. ↑ ""Get That Love" by The Thompson Twins | Music Video | VH1.com". VH1. Viacom International. 1 January 1988. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  6. ↑ Billboard magazine - 30 May 1987 - Video Track - page 44
  7. ↑ Billboard magazine - 2 May 1987 - MTV Programming - page 47
  8. ↑ "Thompson Twins - Get That Love - Wogan Show". YouTube. 2011-12-25. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  9. ↑ "Reviews: Singles". Billboard magazine. March 21, 1987.
  10. ↑ "Single releases". Cash Box magazine. March 21, 1987.
  11. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l0A9AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22close+to+the+bone%22
  12. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
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