Love School

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"Love School"
Love School.jpg
Single by Divinyls
from the album Divinyls
Released11 March 1991 [1]
RecordedGroove Masters Studio, Santa Monica, 1990
Genre Rock, pop rock
Length5:23
Label Virgin Records
Songwriter(s) Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee
Producer(s) Christina Amphlett, Mark McEntee, David Tickle
Divinyls singles chronology
"I Touch Myself"
(1990)
"Love School"
(1991)
"Make Out Alright"
(1991)

"Love School" is a song by Australian rock duo Divinyls, released in March 1991 from their fourth and most successful self titled album. Despite the success of the album and its lead single; the number one hit "I Touch Myself", "Love School" only proved to be a minor success in Australia, peaking at number forty-three on the ARIA top fifty singles chart. [2]

Contents

Background

In late 1990, Divinyls released the song "I Touch Myself", which went to number one in Australia, [2] number four in the US [3] and number ten in the UK. [4] It became the most successful single of their career and is regarded as their signature song.

Although "Love School" did not chart internationally, it still became a minor success in Australia where it peaked at number forty-three and spent four weeks in the top fifty. [2]

Track listing

Australian 7"/CD single [5]
  1. "Love School" (Edit) - 4:10
  2. "Love School" (Instrumental)

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [6] 43

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