Who Needs Love Like That

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“Who Needs Love Like That”
“Who Needs Love Like That” cover
1992 remix single cover
Single by Erasure
from the album Wonderland
B-side "Push Me Shove Me" (1985)
Released September 2, 1985 (original version)
October 26, 1992 (Hamburg mix)
Format 12", 7", CD
Recorded 1985
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:16
Label Mute Records (UK)
Sire Records (U.S.)
Writer(s) Vince Clarke
Producer Flood
Erasure singles chronology
"Who Needs Love Like That"
(1985)		 "Heavenly Action"
(1985)
"Abba-esque"
(1992)		 "Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix)"
(1992)		 "Always"
(1994)
Alternate cover
Original 1985 single cover
Original 1985 single cover

"Who Needs Love Like That" is the debut single released by British synth pop duo Erasure. The song was released in the UK on Mute Records in 1985 as a prelude to their debut album Wonderland. At the time it was considered a failure, especially when compared to Vince Clarke's success with his previous groups Depeche Mode and Yazoo.

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[edit] History

"Who Needs Love Like That" is an uptempo pop song written by Vince Clarke. The lyrics are a cast-off to a destructive love relationship, in which the protagonist asks "who needs love like that?" The music video takes place in a mock Western, with Clarke, Andy Bell and various extras dressed as cowboys. Bell appears in a dual role, the other being woman's drag.

Upon its release, the song spent two weeks in the UK singles chart, peaking at number fifty-five. In 1992, the song was remixed and tacked on to the end of Erasure's greatest hits collection Pop! - the First 20 Hits (although in the U.S. it only appears on the cassette release). The "Hamburg Mix" (slightly retitled to put "Like That" in parenthesis) was released as a single and became a Top 10 UK hit, peaking at number ten.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] Original Release (1985)

[edit] 7" single (MUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That"
  2. "Push Me Shove Me"

[edit] 12" single (12MUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
  2. "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
  3. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

[edit] Limited 12" single (L12MUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Mexican Mix)
  2. "Push Me Shove Me" (Tacos Mix)

[edit] CD Single (CDMUTE40)

  1. "Who Needs Love Like That"
  2. "Push Me Shove Me"
  3. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
  4. "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
  5. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

[edit] Hamburg Mix (1992)

[edit] 7" single (MUTE150) / Cassette single (CMUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
  2. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Single Edit)

[edit] 12" single (12MUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
  2. "Ship of Fools" (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
  3. "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling Mix)

[edit] CD single (CDMUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
  2. "The Soldier's Return"
  3. "Don't Say No"
  4. "The Circus" (Gladiator Mix)

[edit] Limited CD single (LCDMUTE150)

  1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
  2. "Ship of Fools" (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
  3. "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling Mix)


[edit] Chart performance

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 18
German Singles Chart 48
Swedish Singles Chart 31
Swiss Singles Chart 23
UK Singles Chart 55
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart 18
German Singles Chart 27
Irish Singles Chart 8
UK Singles Chart 10
v • d • e
Erasure
Vince Clarke | Andy Bell
Albums/EPs
Compilations
Live album
Box Sets
Singles
"Who Needs Love Like That" | "Heavenly Action" | "Oh L'amour" | "Sometimes" | "It Doesn't Have to Be" | "Victim of Love" | "The Circus" | "Ship of Fools" | "Chains of Love" | "A Little Respect" | "Stop!" | "Drama!" | "You Surround Me" | "Blue Savannah" | "Star" | "Chorus" | "Love to Hate You" | "Am I Right?" | "Breath of Life" | "Take a Chance on Me" | "Who Needs Love Like That (remix)" | "Always" | "Run to the Sun" | "I Love Saturday" | "Stay with Me" | "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" | "Rock Me Gently" | "In My Arms" | "Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me" | "Rain" | "Freedom" | "Moon & the Sky" | "Solsbury Hill" | " Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" | "Oh L'amour (August Mix)" | "Breathe" | "Don't Say You Love Me" | "Here I Go Impossible Again" | "All This Time Still Falling Out of Love" | "Boy" | "I Could Fall in Love with You" | "Sunday Girl"
Video/DVD
Sanctuary - the EIS Christmas Concert 2002 | Hits! the Videos | The Tank, the Swan and the Balloon | Great Hits Live - Live at Great Woods | The Erasure Show - Live in Cologne | On the Road to Nashville