The Other Side of Love

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"The Other Side of Love"
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Single by Yazoo
B-side "Ode to Boy"
Released
  • 8 November 1982
  • 7 October 1996 (CD reissue)
Recorded1982
Genre Synth-pop
Length3:05
Label Mute
Songwriters
Producers
Yazoo singles chronology
"Situation"
(1982)		"The Other Side of Love"
(1982)		"Nobody's Diary"
(1983)

"The Other Side of Love" is a song by the British synth-pop band Yazoo, released on 8 November 1982 as their fourth single. [1] The single peaked at #13 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's least successful single and the only one of their four singles to miss the top three in the UK. The track was written by band members Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, and was originally a non-album single (it was later added to a reissue of Upstairs at Eric's ).

Contents

Prior to their November 1982 UK tour, Yazoo returned to the studio in October 1982 to record a new single. They decided to write a new song together rather than lift another track from Upstairs at Eric's. Clarke told the NME in September 1982, "We haven't actually written anything yet, but it's definitely going to be a new song. I think it's better to come up with something new rather than take another track off the album." [2]

It featured Stiff Records' all-female band Sylvia and the Sapphires on backing vocals following a chance meeting on the B.A. Robertson show. [3]

The track was not included in the set-list for the duo's 2008 reunion tour. In an interview on the official Yazoo website Moyet explained: "We left out stuff that translated less well to live work. Personally I always thought "The Other Side of Love" was a bit wank. It is my least favourite track. I didn't like singing it and Vince was not bothered by it so we left it out." [4]

The single's B-side is "Ode to Boy", which appeared on their second album You and Me Both . [5] The cover's sleeve design was created by Moyet. [6]

Reception

Neil Tennant, writing for Smash Hits , described "The Other Side of Love" as a "light pop offering" and felt it was "more closely related" to "Just Can't Get Enough" than "Don't Go". [7] John Shearlaw of Record Mirror considered it to be a "subtle grower and wonderfully skilful dive back into a smoky, twilit nightclub world". [8] Charles Shaar Murray of NME called it a "fast, sexy dance tune that gives Moyet a chance to show off her soul chops". He noted that she "naturally does [this] to exceptionally good effect", but was critical of Clarke's backing track for "let[ting] the project down to a certain extent". He believed that it sounds "too fast, too tinny and too lightweight, and the end result is music of insufficient power to support the amount of energy being pumped in Alfwise". [9] Tony Mitchell of Sounds noted that the song was "bouncy" and "catchy", but also "deeply unsatisfying" as Moyet "overlay[s] her strong, stylish vocals on the sort of sound you can get out of a plastic music box". He added that Clarke had "come up with a rehash of an early Depeche Mode B-side, with all its lightweight, bubblegum implications". [10]

Track listings

7" UK single (Mute YAZ 002)
  1. "The Other Side of Love" – 3:05
  2. "Ode to Boy" – 3:37
12" UK single (Mute 12YAZ 002)
  1. "The Other Side of Love" (Remixed Extended Version) – 5:24
  2. "Ode to Boy" – 3:37
CD (Mute CDYAZ2)
  1. "The Other Side of Love" – 3:05
  2. "Ode to Boy" – 3:37
  3. "The Other Side of Love (Remixed Extended Version) – 5:24

Charts

Chart (1982–1983)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [11] 86
Austria (Hitradio Ö3) [12] 20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [13] 9
Denmark (Hitlisten) [14] 7
Ireland (IRMA) [15] 11
Italy (TV Sorrisi e Canzoni) [16] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [17] 30
Portugal (AFP) [18] 18
Switzerland (Sonntagsblick Hitparade) [19] 24
UK Singles (OCC) [20] 13
West Germany (GfK) [21] 35
Zimbabwe (ZIMA) [22] 15

References

  1. ↑ "Jam, Yazoo, Shalamar: new dates". New Musical Express . 6 November 1982. p. 35. ISSN   0028-6362.
  2. ↑ Thrills, Adrian (11 September 1982). "Move over, rumours". New Musical Express . p. 4. ISSN   0028-6362.
  3. ↑ "Smash Hits magazine 17 – 30 March 1983 page 11". Flickr.com. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Yazoo (Vince Clarke & Alison Moyet) News". Yazooinfo.com. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Yaz. "You and Me Both - Yazoo | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Yazoo - The Other Side Of Love / Ode To Boy - Mute - UK - YAZ 002". 45cat. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  7. ↑ Tennant, Neil (11 November 1982). "Singles". Smash Hits . Vol. 4, no. 23. p. 25. ISSN   0260-3004.
  8. ↑ Shearlaw, John (13 November 1982). "Singles". Record Mirror . p. 18. ISSN   0144-5804.
  9. ↑ Murray, Charles Shaar (13 November 1982). "Singles". New Musical Express . p. 23. ISSN   0028-6362.
  10. ↑ Mitchell, Tony (13 November 1982). "Singles". Sounds . p. 23. ISSN   0144-5774.
  11. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  12. ↑ "Ö3-HITPARADE - 30.01.1983". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  13. ↑ "Yazoo – The Other Side Of Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  14. ↑ Danish Charts Archive. 7 January 1983.
  15. ↑ "irishcharts.ie search results" . Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  16. ↑ "Superclassifiche". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni (in Italian). 15 May 1983. ISSN   0038-156X.
  17. ↑ "Yazoo – The Other Side Of Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  18. ↑ Portuguese Charts Archive. January 1983.
  19. ↑ Swiss Charts Archive. 9 January 1983.
  20. ↑ "Yazoo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  21. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Yazoo – The Other Side Of Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  22. ↑
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
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