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In the Name of Love (Thompson Twins song)

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Released
  
1982

Length
  
3:18 (7") 5:39 (12")

Writer(s)
  
Thompson Twins

Format
  
7" vinyl, 12" vinyl

Label
  
Arista

Genre
  
Synthpop, new wave, funk

"In the Name of Love" is a 1982 single written and performed by The Thompson Twins, at the time a septet (Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, John Roog, Chris Bell, Peter Dodd, and Matthew Seligman). It was the first of twelve entries on the Billboard dance chart for the group, and the first entry for the band in the lower reaches of the US and UK pop charts (peaking outside the UK top 75, and "bubbling under" the hot 100 on the US charts.)

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"In the Name of Love" went to number one on the dance music chart and stayed there for five weeks, and spent a total of twenty-one weeks on the chart. It peaked at number sixty-nine on the Billboard R&B chart.

The track was rereleased in 1988 in a remix by Shep Pettibone, resulting in another number-one single on the dance chart, as well as reaching number forty-six on the UK Singles Chart.

  • The song has been featured in the films Ghostbusters and Edge of Seventeen.

    • In the Name of Love '88

    "In The Name Of Love '88" is a 1988 single by Thompson Twins from the album The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes. The song originally featured on the 1982 albums Set, and In The Name Of Love, and was written by the early seven piece lineup of the band: Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, John Roog, Chris Bell, Peter Dodd, and Matthew Seligman. The song was newly remixed by Shep Pettibone for the Greatest Mixes album. The single peaked at #46 in the UK, spending 3 weeks on the chart. The single fared better in America, where it peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Dance/Club Play chart.

    Formats

    7" Single (1982)

    Side A:

    1. "In The Name Of Love"

    Side B:

    1. "In The Beginning"
    12" Single (1982)

    Side One:

    1. "In The Name Of Love" (12" Dance Extension)
    2. "In The Beginning"
    3. "Coastline"
    7" Single

    Side A:

    1. "In The Name Of Love '88" - 3:30

    Side B:

    1. "In The Name Of Love" (Original) - 3:18
    12" Single

    Side One:

    1. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Railroad Mix) - 6:40

    Side Two:

    1. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Railroad Dub) - 5:48
    2. "In The Name Of Love" (Original) - 3:18
    12" Single (U.S.)

    Side One:

    1. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Railroad Mix) - 6:40
    2. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Railroad Dub) - 5:48
    3. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Single Mix) - 3:30

    Side Two:

    1. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Extended Mix) - 5:18
    2. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Dub) - 6:20
    3. "Passion Planet" - 3:42
    CD Single
    1. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Single Mix) - 3:30
    2. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Railroad Mix) - 6:40
    3. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Railroad Dub) - 5:48
    4. "In The Name Of Love '88" (Original) - 3:18

    Personnel

  • Producer - Steve Lillywhite
  • Additional Production by Shep Pettibone for Mastermix Productions
  • Mixed by Shep Pettibone and Steve Peck
  • Digitally Edited by Tuta Aquino

    • References

    In the Name of Love (Thompson Twins song) Wikipedia
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