Love Your Body
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"Love Your Body" - a song by French singer Amanda Lear
released in 1983 by Ariola Records
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synthpop
sound and lyrically referred to the aerobics
craze of the early 1980s. That was one of Amanda's five singles of Ariola
-days without Anthony Monn
contributing production credits. It was also her last single recorded in Munich
and released by German division of Ariola Records. The B-side of the single was "Darkness and Light", another non-album song. Despite Lear promoting both tracks on Italian and German television, the single failed to chart.
for the track was directed by Valerio Lazarov. It pictures Amanda in a tribal outfit performing aerobic routines with the 2 male dancers. The clip was shot on the chroma key
technique.
Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....
released in 1983 by Ariola Records
Ariola Records
Ariola Records is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment...
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Song information
"Love Your Body" was the third non-album single released by Amanda Lear. It was written by Peter Lüdermann, Alf Schwegeler and Amanda Lear. The track displayed a hi-NRGHi-NRG
Hi-NRG describes a form of high-tempo disco music as well as a genre of electronic dance music originating in the United States during the late 1970s...
synthpop
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...
sound and lyrically referred to the aerobics
Aerobics
Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness...
craze of the early 1980s. That was one of Amanda's five singles of Ariola
Ariola Records
Ariola Records is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment...
-days without Anthony Monn
Anthony Monn
Anthony Monn a.k.a. Tony Monn is a German singer, composer, and record producer.Monn started his career as a singer in the German schlager genre in the early 1970s...
contributing production credits. It was also her last single recorded in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
and released by German division of Ariola Records. The B-side of the single was "Darkness and Light", another non-album song. Despite Lear promoting both tracks on Italian and German television, the single failed to chart.
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...
for the track was directed by Valerio Lazarov. It pictures Amanda in a tribal outfit performing aerobic routines with the 2 male dancers. The clip was shot on the chroma key
Chroma key
Chroma key compositing is a technique for compositing two images together. A color range in the top layer is made transparent, revealing another image behind. The chroma keying technique is commonly used in video production and post-production...
technique.
Track listing
- 7" Single (1983)
- A. "Love Your Body" - 4:26
- B. "Darkness and Light" - 3:58
- 12" Single (1983)
- A. "Love Your Body" - 6:00
- B. "Darkness and Light" - 4:44