Love Is (Alannah Myles song)

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"Love Is"
Alannah Myles Love Is.jpg
Single by Alannah Myles
from the album Alannah Myles
B-side "Rock This Joint"
ReleasedApril 3, 1989
Genre Rock
Length3:36
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) David Tyson, Christopher Ward
Producer(s) David Tyson
Alannah Myles singles chronology
"Love Is"
(1989)		"Black Velvet"
(1989)

"Love Is" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released in Canada in 1989 as her debut single. In the rest of the world except Australia, it was released as the follow-up to her worldwide hit "Black Velvet" in 1990. The same year, the song was nominated for the Juno Award for Single of the Year and lost to "Black Velvet".

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Release and reception

Released as a single in April 1989 in Canada, the song peaked at number 16 in June, establishing Myles's chart presence. In June 1989, it was released in Australia, [1] but did not enter the top 100 chart until November 1989 [2] and did not reach its peak of number 12 until April 1990, [3] after "Black Velvet" had become a top 10 hit there. [4] In the rest of the world, the song was released as the next single after "Black Velvet" in mid-1990 and charted moderately well worldwide but did not achieve the same level of success as "Black Velvet". In the United States, it peaked at number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100, her second top 40 hit on the chart, despite her later reputation as a one-hit wonder in that country, and entered the top 40 in Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Music video

Two music videos directed by Canadian photographer and film director Deborah Samuel were created for the song: one for the Canadian release and the other in 1990 for the international release. The original 1989 video opens with a shot of Myles' legs walking onstage before she performs the song at a concert with her band. The 1990 video sees Myles and her band performing the song in a studio, intercut with black & white scenes of men and women flirting in a bar and scenes of Myles horseback riding in a desert, followed by an ostrich and a kangaroo. The desert scenes were filmed in Joshua Tree National Park, California.

Track listings

CD maxi; 12-inch maxi

  1. "Love Is" – 3:36
  2. "Rock This Joint" – 4:00
  3. "Hurry Make Love" – 2:15

7-inch single

  1. "Love Is" – 3:36
  2. "Rock This Joint" – 4:00

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [2] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
CanadaApril 3, 1989— Atlantic [ citation needed ]
AustraliaJune 5, 19897-inch vinyl [1]
United KingdomMay 29, 1990
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 [15]
JapanJuly 10, 1990Mini-CD [16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Australian Music Report No 775 – 5 June 1989 > Singles – New Releases". Australian Music Report . Retrieved September 1, 2017– via Imgur.
  2. 1 2 3 Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 198.
  3. 1 2 "Alannah Myles – Love Is". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  4. ↑ "australian-charts.com > Alannah Myles in Australian Charts" . Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Alannah Myles – Love Is" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6359." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  7. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Alannah Myles". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 20, 1990" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  9. ↑ "Alannah Myles – Love Is" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Alannah Myles – Love Is". Top 40 Singles.
  11. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  12. ↑ "Alannah Myles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  13. ↑ "Mainstream Rock Airlay" . Billboard. May 26, 1990. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alannah Myles – Love Is" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  15. ↑ "New Singles". Music Week . May 26, 1990. p. 30.
  16. ↑ "アランナ・マイルズ | ラブ・イズ" [Alannah Myles | Love Is] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved March 26, 2025.
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