Love Is All That Matters
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"Love Is All That Matters" is the third single taken from the British Synthpop
group The Human League's
1986 album, Crash
. It was recorded in early 1986 at the Flyte Time studios in Minneapolis while the Human League were in residence recording Crash with producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
This single was like many others from the album, a love song aimed towards the US market, where the first single from Crash, "Human", had reached number one. However, this single failed and only charted in the UK where it reached number 41. The B side is an instrumental version.
In the UK, after the dismal failure of the second single from Crash "I Need Your Loving
" had put a stop to further releases from Crash. "Love Is All That Matters" was released principally to promote the imminent release of the (then) first Human League Greatest Hits
album in 1988.
The cover artwork (expanded) designed by Ken Ansell, is actually a gatefold of a single photograph of Susan Ann Sulley, Philip Oakey
and Joanne Catherall
. On the front of the vinyl versions and the CD, only Oakey is visible.
was a result of Virgin Records
beginning to lose faith in the Human League and being reluctant to invest in any further elaborate music videos; so the video was kept deliberately low budget. The video is basically edited clips of all the band’s previous music videos to that point, spliced together with animated stills from the key points from those videos. This was also designed to provide a storyboard which promoted the band’s back catalogue to generate interest in the Greatest Hits compilation, the principal reason "Love Is All That Matters" was released in the first place.
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
group The Human League's
The Human League
The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...
1986 album, Crash
Crash (Human League album)
Crash is the fifth full-length studio album released by the British synthpop band The Human League in 1986. Unlike the band’s previous and subsequent albums it is R&B influenced...
. It was recorded in early 1986 at the Flyte Time studios in Minneapolis while the Human League were in residence recording Crash with producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.
This single was like many others from the album, a love song aimed towards the US market, where the first single from Crash, "Human", had reached number one. However, this single failed and only charted in the UK where it reached number 41. The B side is an instrumental version.
In the UK, after the dismal failure of the second single from Crash "I Need Your Loving
I Need Your Loving
"I Need Your Loving" is the second single to be taken from the British Synthpop group The Human League's 1986 album, Crash.This song was written by the song writing team of Harris/Lewis/Eiland/Rickey/Williams/Davis and like many others from the album, was aimed towards the US market, where the...
" had put a stop to further releases from Crash. "Love Is All That Matters" was released principally to promote the imminent release of the (then) first Human League Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits (Human League album)
Human League Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by British synthpop band The Human League. It was released by Virgin Records in 1988 and contained 13 singles released by the band, spanning from their debut single to their most recent album at the time plus Philip Oakey's collaboration...
album in 1988.
Cover Artwork
Philip Oakey
Philip Oakey is an English composer, singer, songwriter and producer.He is best known as the lead singer, frontman and co-founder of the famous English synthpop band The Human League. He has also had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers...
and Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall is an English singer; best known as one of the two female vocalists of the veteran English synthpop band The Human League.Born and raised in Sheffield, England...
. On the front of the vinyl versions and the CD, only Oakey is visible.
Music video
The music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was a result of Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
beginning to lose faith in the Human League and being reluctant to invest in any further elaborate music videos; so the video was kept deliberately low budget. The video is basically edited clips of all the band’s previous music videos to that point, spliced together with animated stills from the key points from those videos. This was also designed to provide a storyboard which promoted the band’s back catalogue to generate interest in the Greatest Hits compilation, the principal reason "Love Is All That Matters" was released in the first place.
Track listing
CD 1988 Virgin (VSCD 1025)- Love Is All That Matters (Edit) 4.06
- I Love You Too Much (Dub Version) 5.54
- Love Is All That Matters (Extended Version) 7.45