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We Love You (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)

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B-side
  
"We Love You" (Dub)

Format
  
7", 2×7", 12" single

Length
  
4:10

Released
  
3 November 1986

Genre
  
New wave

Recorded
  
Studio De La Grande Armée, Paris

"We Love You" is a song by British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark released as the second single taken from their 1986 album, The Pacific Age.

The track is sung from the perspective of a citizen living under a totalitarian system, who has grown fearful about his family's future while still feigning adoration for his dictator leader. The "We love you" refrain was also designed to be interpreted as an expression of gratitude to the OMD listener base; the group's fanclub was invited to appear in the single's accompanying music video. The song was sampled in the early 1990s for BBC Wales's Scrum V programme.

Track listing

7"
  1. "We Love You" – 3:59
  2. "We Love You" (Dub) – 6:20
Limited edition 2×7"
  1. "We Love You" – 3:59
  2. "We Love You" (Dub) – 6:20
  3. "If You Leave" – 4:30
  4. "88 Seconds in Greensboro" – 4:20
Limited edition 7" + Cassette-Maxi Retro
  1. "We Love You" – 3:59
  2. "We Love You" (Dub) – 6:20
  1. "Souvenir"
  2. "Electricity"
  3. "Enola Gay"
  4. "Joan of Arc"
  5. "We Love You"
  6. "We Love You" (Dub)
12"
  1. "We Love You" (extended) – 6:15
  2. "We Love You" (7" version) – 3:59
  3. "We Love You" (Dub) – 6:20

References

We Love You (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song) Wikipedia