Let There Be Love (Simple Minds song)

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"Let There Be Love"
Let There Be Love (Simple Minds song) coverart.jpg
Single by Simple Minds
from the album Real Life
B-side "Good Night"
Released11 March 1991 (1991-03-11) [1]
Length4:44
Label Virgin
Songwriters Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr
Producer Stephen Lipson
Simple Minds singles chronology
"The Amsterdam EP"
(1989)		"Let There Be Love"
(1991)		"See the Lights"
(1991)

"Let There Be Love" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds and first single from their ninth studio album, Real Life (1991). The song was written by Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr and released by Virgin Records on 11 March 1991, with the twelve-inch single and CD single including a live rendition of "Alive and Kicking". [2]

Contents

During the week of 30 March 1991, "Let There Be Love" was added to 22 European hit radio stations that week, which at that point was the greatest number of weekly adds in that format for 1991. [3] The song became an international hit, reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was the most successful in Italy, where it peaked at number one. The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.

Alan Jones of Music Week designated the song as their pick of the week for the 16 March 1991 edition of the publication and called it a "brilliant return to chart duty after an absence of more than a year." [2]

Track listings

  1. "Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
  2. "Good Night" – 3:10
  1. "Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
  2. "Good Night" – 3:10
  3. "Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
  4. "Alive and Kicking" (live, Verona 1989) – 3:51
  1. "Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
  2. "Good Night" – 3:10
  3. "Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
  4. "Alive and Kicking" (live, Verona 1989) – 3:51
  1. "Let There Be Love" (edited album mix) – 4:24
  2. "Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
  3. "East at Easter" (live, Verona 1989) – 6:12

Personnel

Charts

Sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom—104,672 [29]

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom11 March 1991
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
 Virgin [30]
Australia1 April 1991
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [31]
Japan21 April 1991Mini-CD [32]

References

  1. ↑ "Singles" (PDF). Music Week . 9 March 1991. p. 19. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  2. 1 2 Jones, Alan (16 March 1991). "Market Report" (PDF). Music Week . p. 8. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Bakker, Michael (30 March 1991). "Airplay Action" (PDF). Music & Media . p. 26. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 17. 27 April 2019. p. 30. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 16. 20 April 1991. p. 26. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "European Hit Radio" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 19. 11 May 1991. p. 17. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 19. 11 May 1991. p. 19. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Let There Be Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 21. 25 May 1991. p. 26. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  14. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 15, 1991" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  17. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–20 02 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  18. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  19. ↑ "Simple Minds – Let There Be Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  21. ↑ "Playlist Chart" (PDF). Music Week . 6 April 1991. p. 14. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  22. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1991" (in Dutch). Ultratop . Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  23. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 1991" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 51–52. 21 December 1991. p. 21. Retrieved 17 January 2020– via World Radio History.
  24. ↑ "EHR Year-End Top 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 8, no. 51–52. 21 December 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  25. ↑ "Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1991" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  26. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1991" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  27. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1991" (in Dutch). MegaCharts . Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  28. ↑ "Årstopplistan 1991, Singlar" (in Swedish). Grammotex. Archived from the original on 25 February 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  29. ↑ "UK's Biggest Selling Singles of 1991 - Top 200 with sales". 16 June 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  30. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 9 March 1991. p. 19.
  31. ↑ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 01/04/91: Singles". The ARIA Report . No. 62. 31 March 1991. p. 20.
  32. ↑ "シンプル・マインズ | レット・ゼア・ビー・ラブ" [Simple Minds | Let There Be Love] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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