"Love in the Key of C" is a 1996 single by American singer

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. The song was the third release from her album, ''

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'' and reached number #20 in the UK Singles Chart becoming her 10th Top 20 hit there. It was written by her regular songwriter,

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. This remains Carlisle's final UK top 20 hit as of 2023.

Music video

The video for the single was directed by Philippe Gautier and featured

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, who was working as a backing singer for Carlisle at the time.

Track listing

CD 1

#"Love in the Key of C" #"Kneel at Your Feet" #"In Too Deep (Live acoustic version) #"Circle in the Sand (Live acoustic version)

CD 2

#"Love in the Key of C" #"Too Much Water" (Demo version) (Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle) #"Watcha Doin' to Me" (Demo version) (Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle) #"Don't Cry" (Demo version) (Charlotte Caffey, Tom Caffey, Belinda Carlisle)

Charts

References

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