Love Is the Price

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"Love Is the Price"
DJ BoBo-Love Is the Price.jpg
Single by DJ BoBo
from the album Just for You
ReleasedJanuary 1996
Genre Eurodance
Length3:29
Label
  • EAMS
  • ZYX Music
  • CNR Music
  • Do It Music
  • Fresh Music
  • Scandinavian Records
  • Yes Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Morrison Long
  • Steven Levis
Producer(s) René Baumann
DJ BoBo singles chronology
"Freedom"
(1995)
"Love Is the Price"
(1996)
"Pray"
(1996)
Music video
"Love Is the Price" on YouTube

"Love Is the Price" is a song by Swiss artist DJ BoBo, released in 1996 as a single from his remix-album, Just for You. It features vocals by singer Natascha Wright and peaked at number 11 in Germany and Switzerland, number 12 in Finland and number 13 in Austria. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 28.

Contents

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media praised the song as "great" and "mellow", and compared it to the work of LL Cool J. [1]

Track listing

12", Germany
No.TitleLength
1."Love Is the Price" (B&B Remix)4:18
2."Love Is the Price" (Radio Version)3:29
3."Can You See the Light"4:32
4."Love Is the Price" (Steven Levis Mix)3:23
5."Let's Come Together"3:44
CD maxi, Europe
No.TitleLength
1."Love Is the Price" (Radio Version)3:29
2."Love Is the Price" (B&B Remix)4:18
3."Love Is the Price" (Steven Levis Mix)3:23
4."Can You See the Light"4:32
5."Let's Come Together"3:44

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