"Speed Your Love to Me" is a song by

Simple Minds Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the '' Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United St ...

, which was released as the second single from the album ''

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'' on 9 January 1984. It quickly reached number 20 in the

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, and remained in the charts for 4 weeks. The song was used as the ending theme to the Australian music program, '' rage''.

Style

Much like its predecessor in the charts, " Waterfront", "Speed Your Love to Me" was a stadium-oriented rock song with heavy drums and the keyboards playing a more subtle role. Dave Thompson of

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describes the song as "arena rock" with the keyboards "bubbling through the crash and clash" of the drums and guitars rather than guiding the song from the forefront.

Music video

A promotional video was completed for the single on 6 December 1983, which was a cinematic composition of studio performances and scenic images. The fan website Dream Giver Redux describes how fast-moving clips of moving through roads and tunnels in urban

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coincides with the chorus "Run till we come, until we be/Speed your love to me". These projections of the

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, Kingston Bridge and

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expand into aerial perspectives of the

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and

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Jim Kerr James Kerr (born 9 July 1959) is a Scottish singer and the lead singer of the rock band Simple Minds, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States. O ...

sings "higher and higher" while the camera 'takes off'. Clips of the band performing in a studio connect these narratives together.

Track listing

7" single

* Virgin VS 649 # "Speed Your Love to Me" – 3:59 # "Bass Line" – 4:35

12" single

* Virgin VS 649-12 # "Speed Your Love to Me" (Extended Mix) – 7:29 # "Speed Your Love to Me" – 3:59 # "Bass Line" – 4:35 The album version of the song is slightly longer, at 4:25. "Bass Line" is an instrumental version of "White Hot Day", the seventh song of ''Sparkle in the Rain''.

References

{{Simple Minds 1984 singles Simple Minds songs Song recordings produced by Steve Lillywhite 1984 songs Virgin Records singles Songs written by Jim Kerr Songs written by Derek Forbes Songs written by Charlie Burchill Songs written by Mick MacNeil Music television series theme songs