Love Is the Groove

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"Love Is the Groove"
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Single by Betsy Cook
from the album The Girl Who Ate Herself
B-side "Diving"
Released1991 (1991) (UK)
Recorded1991
Genre Electronic, pop
Length4:43
Label East West
Songwriter(s) Betsy Cook, Bruce Woolley
Producer(s) Betsy Cook, Bruce Woolley
Betsy Cook singles chronology
"Love Is the Groove"
(1991)
"How Can I Believe?"
(1992)
"Love Is the Groove"
Song by Cher
from the album Believe
ReleasedNovember 10, 1998
Genre Pop
Length4:31
Label Warner Bros
Songwriter(s) Betsy Cook, Bruce Woolley, Cher*

"Love Is the Groove" is the first single by the singer/songwriter Betsy Cook. Released in 1991 by East West Records, it was the first track to be taken from her debut album The Girl Who Ate Herself (1992).

Track listings

7" single(YZ621) and Cassingle(YZ621C):

12" single(YZ621T):

CD single(YZ621CD):

Cher cover

The song was covered by American singer-actress Cher for her Grammy-winning 1998 album Believe . Cher's version featured similar, yet more updated techno-sounding instrumentation and slightly altered lyrics.


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