No Love (Joan Armatrading song)

"No Love"
Single by Joan Armatrading
from the album Walk Under Ladders
B-side	"Dollars"
Released	January 1982
Recorded	1981
Genre	Pop/Rock
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Joan Armatrading
Producer(s)	Steve Lillywhite
Joan Armatrading singles chronology
"When I Get It Right" (1981) "No Love" (1982) "Drop the Pilot" (1983)

"No Love" is a song by English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading, released in January 1982 by A&M Records as the third single from her seventh studio album, Walk Under Ladders (1981). The song, which was written by Armatrading and produced by Steve Lillywhite, reached number 50 in the UK singles chart.

Critical reception

Upon its release, Ian Birch of Smash Hits described "No Love" as being "up to Joan's usual impeccable standards", with "bags of emotion and a wonderfully unpolished feel". ^[1]

Personnel

• Joan Armatrading – lead vocal
• Hugh Burns – guitar
• Mel Collins – saxophone
• Ray Cooper – tambourine
• Tony Levin – bass
• Steve Lillywhite – production, backing vocal
• Jerry Marotta – drums, harmony vocal
• Nick Plytas – organ, synthesizer
• Gary Sanford – backing vocal

Charts

Chart (1982)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC) [2]	50

References

1. Birch, Ian (7 January 1981). "Singles". Smash Hits . Vol. 4, no. 1. p. 16. ISSN   0260-3004.
2. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 September 2025.