"Shadows of Love" | ||||
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Single by Wax | ||||
from the album Magnetic Heaven | ||||
Released | 16 June 1986 [1] | |||
Length | 4:39 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Phil Thornalley | |||
Wax singles chronology | ||||
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Music videos | ||||
"Shadows of Love" (UK/European version) on YouTube | ||||
"Shadows of Love" (North American version) on YouTube |
"Shadows of Love" is a song by new wave duo Wax,released by RCA in 1986 as the third single from their debut studio album Magnetic Heaven . The song was written by band members Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman,and produced by Phil Thornalley.
Two music videos were made for the single. The video for the UK and European market was directed by John Scarlett-Davis for the production company Aldabra. It features Wax performing the song in a "pop-up book" setting. [2] The video for the North American market,which revolves around a young pair who meet in a bar,was directed by Storm Thorgerson and produced by Antony Taylor for PMI. [3]
Upon its release as a single,William Leith of NME described "Shadows of Love" as "not a bad start" for Wax. He noted that the "combination of swelling and pounding keyboard-patterns is workable,if a little childlike" and also added that the song is "a little chock with obvious rhymes". [4] Adrian Bishop of The Western Gazette noted that the song is "built round the bass and synth,which make an effective combination,but it tails away into a poor MOR melody". He added that it "never reaches the heights of such solid Gold tracks as 'Lonely Boy' and 'Never Let Her Slip Away' or any of Gouldman's 10cc classics". [5] Music &Media picked it as one of their "sure hits" in their issue of 5 July 1986 and added that it is a "remarkable" song from their "splendid [debut] album". [6] In the US, Billboard described it as a "disco-pop tune elevated on one of the artier walls of sound". [7]
7–inch single (UK,Europe,Australia and Japan) [8] [9] [10]
7–inch promotional single (UK and Europe) [11]
7–inch single (US and Canada) [12]
7–inch promotional single (US and Canada) [13]
12–inch single (UK and Europe) [14]
Credits are adapted from the Magnetic Heaven vinyl LP liner notes and the 12-single vinyl single. [15] [14]
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Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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UK Singles Chart [16] | 151 |
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