Love Needs No Disguise

"Love Needs No Disguise"
Single by Dramatis and Gary Numan
from the album For Future Reference
B-side	"Take Me Home" "Face to Face" [1]
Released	27 November 1981 (1981-11-27) [2] [3]
Recorded	Ridge Farm Studios, Rusper [1]
Genre	New wave
Length	4:36 [1]
Label	Beggars Banquet [1]
Songwriters	Ced Sharpley, Chris Payne, Denis Haines, Russell Bell
Producers	Dramatis, Simon Heyworth [1]
Gary Numan singles chronology
"She's Got Claws" (1981) "Love Needs No Disguise" (1981) "Music for Chameleons" (1982)
Dramatis singles chronology
"No-One Lives Forever" (1981) "Love Needs No Disguise" (1981) "Face On The Wall" (1982)

"Love Needs No Disguise" is a single by Dramatis featuring Gary Numan on vocals. It was released on 27 November 1981 by Beggars Banquet and immediately charted at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart. ^[4] The track was included on the Dramatis debut album, For Future Reference, released the following week on 4 December 1981 ^{[5] [6]} by The Rocket Record Company. The track had its live debut during the 40-date "Warriors Tour 83" of the UK over September-November 1983 ^[7] . Of the song, Numan recalled:

"This was just the break they needed; I didn’t have anything to do with the writing of the song and I had a great time recording the video"

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Love Needs No Disguise"	Ced Sharpley, Chris Payne, Denis Haines, Rrussell Bell	Gary Numan and Dramatis	4:36

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
2.	"Take Me Home"	Sharpley, Payne, Haines, Bell	Dramatis	5:36
3.	"Face to Face" (12" only)	Gary Numan	Gary Numan	3:41

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) [8]	33

References

1. "Gary Numan / Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise (Vinyl)". Discogs . Retrieved 2 April 2013.
2. "News - Numan single Dramatis". Record Mirror . 21 November 1981. p. 2. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via Flickr.
3. "Record News - Numan's reunion". New Musical Express . 21 November 1981. p. 47. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via Flickr.
4. "Archive Chart". Official Charts Company. 5 December 1981. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
5. "Turn On - Releases". Record Mirror . 5 December 1981. p. 30. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via Flickr.
6. "Record News". New Musical Express . 5 December 1981. p. 40. Retrieved 7 December 2025– via Flickr.
7. "Gary Numan Tour Programmes 1983". Numanme.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
8. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 April 2013 (2013-04-02).

External links

• " Love Needs No Disguise " at Discogs (list of releases)