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Love Is in the Air (song)

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Format
  
7", 45rpm

Genre
  
Disco

Recorded
  
1977

B-side
  
"Won't Let this Feeling Go By" (International/Australia)"Where the Action Is" (U.S.)

Released
  
December 1977 (International)July 1978 (Australia)/US

Length
  
5:16 (original album version) 3:23 (single edit)

"Love Is in the Air" is a 1977 disco song sung by John Paul Young. The song was written by George Young and Harry Vanda and it became a worldwide hit in 1978, peaking at No. 3 on the Australian charts and No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 7 on the pop chart and spent two weeks at No. 1 on the adult contemporary chart, his only US top 40 hit.

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The song was released as the lead single from Young's fourth studio album, Love Is in the Air (1978).

A Spanish version has been recorded under the name, "El Amor Está En El Aire".

Overview

John Paul Young said of the recording, "We actually did 'Love Is in the Air' because we needed something for the German market. 'Standing in the Rain' became a hit in the clubs over there and then on the charts, so we needed a follow-up. I'd been to Germany and heard the music. It was electronic mania, all clicks and electronic buzzes. So George and Harry gave it the treatment."

"Love Is in the Air" was the theme song to Baz Luhrmann's 1992 debut feature film Strictly Ballroom.

Young performed the song at the Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

The song is regularly sung at football matches by supporters of Dundee United.

Track listings

European 7" single (Ariola 11 705 AT)

  • Side A "Love Is in the Air" - 3:27
  • Side B "Won't Let This Feeling Go By" - 3:11

    • Australian 7" (Albert Productions 11710)

  • Side A "Love Is in the Air" - 3:27
  • Side B "Won't Let This Feeling Go By" - 3:11

    • US 7" (Scotti Brothers SB 402)

  • Side A "Love Is in the Air" - 5:16
  • Side B "Where the Action Is" - 3:04

    • 1992 (Ballroom mix)

    "Love Is in the Air (Ballroom mix)" was released in August 1992 as the lead single from the Strictly Ballroom soundtrack (1992).

    Track listing

    Australian/ New Zealand CD single (658085 2)
    1. "Love Is in the Air" (Ballroom Mix) - 4:13
    2. "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble" - 3:56
    European remix single (Columbia – 658426 8)
    1. "Love Is in the Air" (Strictly Dance Mix) - 8:27
    2. "Love Is in the Air" (Strictly Dance Instrumental) - 5:00
    3. "Love Is in the Air" (Ballroom Mix) - 4:13

    Cover versions

  • In 1978, Canadian artist Martin Stevens covered "Love Is in the Air". Stevens's version debuted on the Canadian chart on the w/c October 7, 1978, chart at no. 11, six weeks after John Paul Young's version which was no. 12 at that point. Next week they shared the 10th-place position, and were listed at the same position for the remainder of both versions' run of the CHUM chart. Both versions stayed on the chart until the end of November.
  • In 1979 Tom Jones
  • 1989 Gary Barlow under the stage name of Kurtis Rush.
  • In 1997, the song was covered by Krush featuring Simon Green.
  • In 2007, the song was also covered by Rupert Everett and Colin Firth for the movie St. Trinian's.

    • References

    Love Is in the Air (song) Wikipedia
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