"Love Like Blood" is a song by English

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. It was released in January 1985 as the second single from their fifth studio album, '' Night Time'' (1985). Produced by

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, the song is characterised as

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and new wave. It was a top 10 hit in

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and

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and peaked at number 16 in the

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. "Love Like Blood" was originally released by

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in January 1985 as a 12" in the UK, and a 12" maxi single in

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. The 7" single on E.G. was released in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.

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also released a 12" single in the Netherlands and a 12" maxi single in

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. "Love Like Blood" remains very fondly remembered in the Netherlands, as it has appeared on the country's annual

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songs of all time countdown every year since 2011. Its highest position was No. 931 in 2017.

Track listings

The single release was a shorter edit of "Love Like Blood" than the full album track. The 12" single featured an extended mix, titled "Love Like Blood (Version)" as its A-side. An alternative 12" release, limited to 2000 copies, replaced this with a dub remix, known as the "Gestalt Mix". "Blue Feather (Version)" was featured as the B-side; an instrumental mix of a song that was otherwise unreleased, until the complete version was included on the re-issue of ''Night Time'' in 2008. In 1998, "Love Like Blood" was reissued as a live remix 12" single by Butterfly Records, alongside a remix of the song "Intellect" from Killing Joke’s 11th studio album, ''

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7" vinyl single

;Side A # "Love Like Blood" – 04:14 ;Side B # "Blue Feather (Version)" – 04:09

12" vinyl single

;Side A # "Love Like Blood (Version)" – 06:42 ;Side B # "Love Like Blood" – 04:14 # "Blue Feather (Version)" – 04:09

Limited Gestalt Mix 12" single

;Side A # "Love Like Blood (Gestalt Mix)" – 05:05 ;Side B # "Love Like Blood" – 04:14 # "Blue Feather (Version)" – 04:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Covers

"Love Like Blood" was covered by several bands, and the German

band Love Like Blood took their name from this song.

Dead by April version

In 2010,

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released a cover version of "Love Like Blood" as a stand-alone single on 10 May 2010 on

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and as a double A-side single alongside previously released track "Promise Me" from their eponymous debut album. No music videos were made for either of the tracks. "Love Like Blood" was the first track recorded by the band with their new singer Zandro Santiago, and was later included on their compilation album '' Stronger'', released on 24 January 2011. ;Digital single

Other versions

References

External links

Love Like Blood TOTPLove Like Blood music video
{{DEFAULTSORT:Love Like Blood Killing Joke songs 1985 singles Song recordings produced by Chris Kimsey Dead by April songs Songs written by Jaz Coleman Songs written by Paul Ferguson Songs written by Paul Raven (musician) Songs written by Geordie Walker E.G. Records singles Polydor Records singles 1984 songs