"This Love" | ||||
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Single by Bad Company | ||||
from the album Fame and Fortune | ||||
B-side | "Tell It Like It Is" | |||
Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 4:21 (album version) 3:44 (radio edit) | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Brian Howe,Christopher Fretwell | |||
Producer(s) | Keith Olsen | |||
Bad Company singles chronology | ||||
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"This Love" is a song by English rock band Bad Company. The song was released as the lead single from the band's seventh studio album Fame and Fortune , the group's first single since reforming earlier that year with ex-Ted Nugent vocalist Brian Howe.
A music video was created for the song, showing the band performing the song on a stage. [1]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "This Love" (radio edit) | 3:44 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Tell It Like It Is" | 3:42 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "This Love" (radio edit) | 3:44 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "This Love" (LP version) | 4:21 |
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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New Zealand [2] | 12 |
Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 85 |
Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs [4] | 12 |
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