Oh l'amour

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"Oh l'amour"
Erasure - Oh L'amour.jpg
Original 1986 single cover
Single by Erasure
from the album Wonderland
B-side
Released
  • 21 April 1986 (original version)
  • 13 October 2003 (remix)
Recorded1985
Genre
Length3:07
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Flood
Erasure singles chronology
"Heavenly Action"
(1985)
"Oh l'amour"
(1986)
"Sometimes"
(1986)
Erasuresingles chronology
"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"
(2003)
"Oh l'amour" (August Mix)
(2003)
"Breathe"
(2005)

Charts

August Mix (2003)

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Denmark (Danish Singles Chart) [23] 7
UK Singles (Official Charts Company) [24] 13
US Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales [20] 10

Dollar version

"O l'amour"
O L'amour - Dollar.jpeg
Single by Dollar
B-side "B-Beat"
Released1987
Genre Synth-pop
Length3:02
Label London
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) The Extra Beat Boys
Dollar singles chronology
"Haven't We Said Goodbye Before"
(1986)
"O l'amour"
(1987)
"It's Nature's Way (No Problem)"
(1988)

In 1987, British pop duo Dollar released a cover version retitled "O l'amour". Chart-wise, this version was more successful in the UK as it reached No. 7 on the UK Singles Chart, with a total of 11 weeks on the chart, [25] and No. 4 in Ireland. It also reached No. 27 in Germany. [26] The single was the duo's last major hit.

It was sampled by electronic duo Orbital on their track "Style", which appeared on the 1999 album The Middle of Nowhere .[ citation needed ]

Track listing

A. "O l'amour"
B1. "B-Beat"
B2. "Who Were You With in the Moonlight"
  1. "O l'amour"
  2. "B-Beat"

Other versions

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