If It's Love (Squeeze song)

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"If It's Love"
Squeeze if it's love cover.jpg
Single by Squeeze
from the album Frank
ReleasedSeptember 1989 (UK)
Recorded?
Genre Pop rock
Length4:02
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford
Producer(s) Eric "ET" Thorngren & Glenn Tilbrook
Squeeze singles chronology
"Footprints"
(1988)
"If It's Love"
(1989)
"Love Circles"
(1990)

"If It's Love" is the first single released from Squeeze's eighth album, Frank . It reached number seven on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart in 1989.

Contents

In 2010 the song was featured in a television advertisement for eHarmony. [1]

Track listing

7" vinyl
  1. "If It's Love" (4:02)
  2. "Frank's Bag" (3:42)
12" vinyl and CD
  1. "If It's Love" (4:02)
  2. "Frank's Bag" (3:42)
  3. "Vanity Fair (piano version)" (3:08)

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References

  1. "eHarmony 10th Anniversary Press Release". Eharmony.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.