Love on Top of Love

"Love on Top of Love" is a song by Grace Jones released in 1989 as the first single from Jones' ninth studio album Bulletproof Heart .

"Love on Top of Love"
Single by Grace Jones
from the album Bulletproof Heart
B-side
  • "Dream"
  • "On My Way"
ReleasedOctober 1989
Format
Genre
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)
  • David Cole
  • Grace Jones
Producer(s)
  • David Cole
  • Robert Clivilles
Grace Jones singles chronology
"Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician"
(1987)		 "Love on Top of Love"
(1989)		 "Amado Mio"
(1990)

Background

"Love on Top of Love", subtitled "Killer Kiss" on single releases, was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivilles. Another album track, "On My Way", made the single B-side in the UK, while "Dream", a track available only on Bulletproof Heart CD releases, elsewhere. The song met with considerable success and reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Club Dance Play chart for two weeks in December 1989.

Music video

The music video features Jones wearing a swimsuit and sunglasses in a pool with a black-and-white screen in the background showing her smoking. A subsequent scenes show Jones in bed wearing a swim cap while surrounded by men. Jones originally shot the video with a Danish actor Sven-Ole Thorsen, whom she dated,[1] playing her boyfriend but his scenes were cut out. The video was directed by Greg Gorman.[2]

Track listing
  • 7" single
A. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" – 4:57
B. "Dream" – 3:26
  • UK 7" single
A. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" – 4:57
B. "On My Way" – 4:26
  • 12" single
A1. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) – 6:21
A2. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Dub Mix) – 6:26
B1. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (Grace's Swing Mix) – 7:32
B2. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) – 7:45
  • German 12" single
A. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) – 6:22
B1. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Dub Mix) – 6:27
B2. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) – 7:10
  • UK CD maxi-single
  1. "Love on Top of Love" (single version) – 5:00
  2. "Love on Top of Love" (garage house mix version) – 7:10
  3. "Love on Top of Love" (swing mix version) – 7:46
  • UK CD promotional single
  1. "Love on Top of Love" (single version) – 4:36
  2. "Love on Top of Love" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) – 6:21
  • German CD maxi-single
  1. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) – 6:22
  2. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Dub Mix) – 6:27
  3. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) – 7:10

Chart performance
Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australia[3] 121
Italy[4] 39
Netherlands[5] 47
Spain[6] 35
United States (Hot Dance Club Songs)[7] 1
United States (Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales)[8] 5

References
  1. "Grace Jones - Biography, Photos, News, Videos, Reviews, Movie Reviews and Tour Dates and Tickets". www.contactmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  2. "mvdbase.com - Grace Jones - "Love on top of love"". www.mvdbase.com. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  3. "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 12 July 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  4. "Indice per Interprete: J". www.hitparadeitalia.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  5. "dutchcharts.nl - Grace Jones - Love On Top Of Love (Killer Kiss)" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  6. Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  7. "Grace Jones Album & Song Chart History". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  8. "Grace Jones (Billboard Singles)". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
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