Strange Kind of Love (song)

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"Strange Kind of Love"
Love and Money Strange Kind of Love 1989 single cover.jpg
Single by Love and Money
from the album Strange Kind of Love
ReleasedJanuary 1989 (UK) [1]
Length
  • 5:14 (album version)
  • 4:15 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s) James Grant
Producer(s) Gary Katz
Love and Money singles chronology
"Halleluiah Man"
(1988)		"Strange Kind of Love"
(1989)		"Jocelyn Square"
(1989)

"Strange Kind of Love" is a song by Scottish band Love and Money, which was released in 1989 as the second single from their second studio album Strange Kind of Love . The song was written by James Grant and produced by Gary Katz. "Strange Kind of Love" reached number 45 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for five weeks. [2]

Contents

Release

To promote the single, Love and Money embarked on a short UK tour between 25 January and 2 February 1989. [3]

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Pete Cornish and produced by Pete Chambers. [4]

Critical reception

On its release as a single, Jerry Smith of Music Week described "Strange Kind of Love" as "classy stuff" and noted the "honeyed vocals and deftly twanged guitar within a sophisticated sound". He concluded the song "certainly deserves to bring them to wider attention". [5] Mark Shaw of Then Jerico, as guest reviewer for Number One , awarded four out of five stars. He commented, "This is really good although it sounds like their other stuff. The voice reminds me of Skin from Hipsway." [6] Ian Forsyth of the Press and Journal awarded the song four out of five stars, describing it as "a silky smooth offering of white soul" that "far surpasses most of the dross [in] the singles chart". He added, "At last, the band have got the hit record formula just right. If it isn't a huge success, there is absolutely no justice in the world." [7]

Michael Chappell of the Newark Advertiser praised the song as "strong and moody with a good soul feel" and predicted it would be a "definite hit if Radio One deigns to play it". [8] Penny Kiley of the Liverpool Echo considered it to be "an unsurprising smooth song with a touch of class above the usual pop soul, distinguished if not distinctive". She added that the B-side, "Looking for Angeline", is "an admirably simple acoustic song with reliance on just the words and a guitar that's almost bluesy at times". [9] Andy Strickland of Record Mirror was critical of the song's elevation to single status, commenting, "Love and Money have stubbornly refused to have a hit single and this one sounds unlikely to break the sequence. Not that there's anything particularly offensive but it should never have been a single." [10]

In the US, Billboard described the song as "elegant, expertly produced and performed pop with R&B underpinnings". They added that it "recalls the engaging sound" of the Swiss duo Double. [11]

Track listing

7-inch single (UK and France) [12] [13] [14]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" – 5:14
  2. "Looking for Angeline" – 3:48

7-inch promotional single (UK) [15]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" (Edit) – 4:15
  2. "Strange Kind of Love" (Full Version) – 5:14

7-inch single (US) [16]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" – 4:15
  2. "Set the Night On Fire" – 4:16

7-inch single (Australia) [17]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" – 5:14
  2. "Looking for Angeline" – 3:48

12-inch single and limited edition box-set cassette (UK) [18] [19] [20]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" – 5:14
  2. "Looking for Angeline" – 3:48
  3. "Set the Night On Fire" – 4:16
  4. "Scapegoat" – 3:48

12-inch promotional single (UK) [21]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" (Radio Edit) – 4:15
  2. "Strange Kind of Love" (Album Edit) – 5:15
  3. "Halleluiah Man" (Live) – 3:55

CD single (UK and Europe) [22] [23]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" – 5:17
  2. "Looking for Angeline" – 3:51
  3. "Set the Night On Fire" – 4:19
  4. "Scapegoat" – 3:50

CD promotional single (US) [24]

  1. "Strange Kind of Love" (7" Version) – 4:15
  2. "Strange Kind of Love" (LP Version) – 5:14

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the UK CD single liner notes and the Strange Kind of Love booklet. [22] [25]

Love and Money

Additional musicians on "Strange Kind of Love"

Production

Other

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [26] 76
UK Singles (OCC) [27] 45

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References

  1. ↑ "Tour News". Sounds . 24 December 1988. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "LOVE & MONEY; full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Massey, Paul (19 January 1989). "Love and Money's UK mini-tour". Evening Express . p. 14.
  4. ↑ "Music Video: New Videoclips" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 101, no. 19. 13 May 1985. p. 54. Retrieved 2 June 2022– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ Smith, Jerry (14 January 1989). "A&R: Singles" (PDF). Music Week . p. 21. Retrieved 2 June 2022– via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ Shaw, Mark (11 January 1989). "Spot the Spin". Number One . p. 40.
  7. ↑ Forsyth, Ian (26 January 1989). "Reviews: Singles". Press and Journal . p. 5.
  8. ↑ Chappell, Michael (6 January 1989). "Hit the Deck". Newark Advertiser . p. 24.
  9. ↑ Kiley, Penny (14 January 1989). "Get dancing to the buckwheat beat! - Hit". Liverpool Echo . p. 13.
  10. ↑ Strickland, Andy (7 January 1989). "45". Record Mirror . p. 29.
  11. ↑ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 101, no. 18. 6 May 1985. p. 85. Retrieved 2 June 2022– via World Radio History.
  12. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. MONEY 6, 872 132-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK 7-inch gatefold single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. MONEY 66, 872 132-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  14. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (French 7-inch single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. 872 132-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  15. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK 7-inch promotional single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. MONDJ 6.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (US 7-inch single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. 874 198-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (Australian 7-inch single sleeve). Love and Money. Mercury Records. 1989. 872 132-7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  18. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK 12-inch single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. MONEY 612, 872 133-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  19. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK 12-inch gatefold single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. MONEY 612, 872 135-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  20. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK limited edition box-set cassette liner notes). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. MONMC 8, 872 135-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  21. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK 12-inch promotional single sleeve). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. DJF 326.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  22. 1 2 Strange Kind of Love (UK and European CD single liner notes). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. MONCD 6, 872 133-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  23. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (French CD single liner notes). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. 872 132-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  24. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (US CD promotional single liner notes). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1989. CDP 56.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  25. ↑ Strange Kind of Love (UK/European album CD booklet). Love and Money. Fontana Records. 1988. 836 498-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  26. ↑ Scott, Gavin. "This Week In 1989: May 14, 1989". Chartbeats.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  27. ↑ "Love & Money: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
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