In the Name of Love is the first Thompson Twins

Thompson Twins

The Thompson Twins were a British pop group that were formed in April 1977 and disbanded in May 1993. They achieved considerable popularity in the mid 1980s, scoring a string of hits in the United Kingdom, the United States and around the globe. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives...

 album released in the USA. The album was released in 1982 on Arista Records

Arista Records

Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...

 and comprises eight of the eleven tracks from their second album, Set

Set (Thompson Twins album)

Set is the second album by the English pop group Thompson Twins. Released in February 1982, it was the second album they recorded for their own T Records imprint, which was released by Arista Records/Hansa....

, plus two of the singles from their debut album, A Product of ... (Participation)

A Product of ... (Participation)

A Product of … is the first album by the English pop group Thompson Twins. It was released in June 1981 on the T Records imprint, a label created by the band and distributed through the Fame/EMI label...

(neither of these albums were released separately in the US at that time).

The album was released on the strength of the single "In The Name of Love", which topped the dance music chart

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

 in Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine, reaching the number one position and staying there for five weeks between May 22 and June 19 1982

1982 in music

This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....

. The title track also peaked at number sixty-nine on the soul chart.
The song was also featured two years later on the soundtrack for the movie Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American science fiction comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. The film stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, and Rick Moranis and follows three eccentric parapsychologists in New York City, who start a...

, as well as the soundtrack to the movie Valley Girl. The single was remixed in 1988, resulting in another number one single on the dance charts, as well as reaching number forty-six on the UK singles chart.

Track listing

1. "In the Name of Love
   In the Name of Love (song)
   "In the Name of Love" is the title track of the 1982 album by The Thompson Twins. The song was written by all three members of the group and was the first of twelve entries on the Billboard dance chart for the group. "In the Name of Love" went to number one on the dance music chart and stayed there...
   
   " (s) 5:39 (extended)
2. "Living in Europe" (s) 3:30
3. "Bouncing" (s) 2:34
4. "The Rowe" (s) 6:30
5. "Make Believe" (p) 3:24 (single version with "Lama Sabach Tani" lyric)
6. "Runaway" (s) 3:16 (remix)
7. "Another Fantasy" (s) 4:00
8. "Fool's Gold" (s) 3:22
9. "Perfect Game" (p) 4:28
10. "Good Gosh" (s) 3:08

s - From Set

Set (Thompson Twins album)

Set is the second album by the English pop group Thompson Twins. Released in February 1982, it was the second album they recorded for their own T Records imprint, which was released by Arista Records/Hansa....

p - From A Product of ... (Participation)

A Product of ... (Participation)

A Product of … is the first album by the English pop group Thompson Twins. It was released in June 1981 on the T Records imprint, a label created by the band and distributed through the Fame/EMI label...