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"In Love with Love" is a 1987 song recorded by the American singer
Debbie Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in ...
. It was taken from her second solo album '' Rockbird'' and released as the third single in 1987.


Song information

Lyrically, the song is the sequel to Blondie's " Heart of Glass", according to Harry. The song was released on May 9, 1987 and was, to date, her only solo single to reach #1 on the US dance chart. The single also went on to become a minor hit in several countries, including #45 in the UK and #70 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it remains her last entry to date. A music video was produced for the single, featuring Harry dancing in front of various cultural backdrops in a couple of different outfits throughout the clip. The UK single version of "In Love With Love," was remixed and produced by the Stock Aitken Waterman production team, who at the time were producing many popular singles in both the UK and the US by artists such as Bananarama,
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, Rick Astley, (and later
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). According to producer Mike Stock, the track was completely re-recorded from the album version, including a new vocal recorded in London. As a result, Geffen Records issued a second 12" of the song in the US including these UK mixes, labelling them "London Mixes". In 1988, both the US "Heart Of Fire Mix" of "In Love With Love" and the French-language version of " French Kissin' In The USA" were included on the Blondie/Debbie Harry remix compilation '' Once More into the Bleach''. The Stock Aitken Waterman version of "In Love With Love" appears in its edited 7" form on
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/ EMI's 1999 compilation '' Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry''.


Track listing

''All tracks ( Deborah Harry,
Chris Stein Christopher Stein (born January 5, 1950) is an American musician known as the co-founder and guitarist of the new wave band Blondie. He is also a producer and performer for the classic soundtrack of the hip hop film '' Wild Style'', and write ...
) unless otherwise noted.'' US 7" #1 #"In Love with Love" (7" Edit) - 3:20 #"In Love with Love" (London Mix Edit) - 3:20 US 7" #2 #"In Love with Love" (London Mix Edit) - 3:20 #"Secret Life" - 3:45 US 12" #1 #"In Love with Love" (Heart Of Fire Mix) - 7:12 #"In Love with Love" (The Passionate Dub) - 7:46 #"In Love with Love" (Debapella Version) - 4:08 US 12" #2 #"In Love with Love" (London Extended Mix) - 7:16 #"In Love with Love" (London Mix Edit) - 3:20 #"In Love with Love" (Heart Of Fire Mix) - 7:12 #"Secret Life" - 3:45 UK 7" #"In Love with Love" - 3:20 (aka "London Mix Edit") #" French Kissin' In The USA" (French Version - 7" Edit) (Chuck Lorre) - 4:08 UK 12" #"In Love with Love" (Extended Version) - 7:20 (aka "London Extended Mix") #" Feel the Spin" (Extended Dance Version) (Deborah Harry,
John "Jellybean" Benitez John Benitez (born November 7, 1957), also known as Jellybean, is an American musician, songwriter, DJ, remixer, and music producer. He has produced and remixed artists such as Madonna, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and the Pointer Sisters. ...
, Toni C.) - 6:50 #" French Kissin' in the USA" (French Version) (Chuck Lorre) - 5:31


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


See also

* List of number-one dance hits (United States)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:In Love With my Love 1987 songs 1987 singles Debbie Harry songs Songs written by Debbie Harry Songs written by Chris Stein Song recordings produced by Stock Aitken Waterman Song recordings produced by Seth Justman