"The Price of Love" is a song by

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, released in 1965. It charted at number 2 in the UK and number 3 in Ireland. It spent one week at Number 1 on the NME chart in the UK, but in the US, the song failed to chart at the hot 100. ''

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'' described it as "a raunchy, pulsating bluesy thumper which delineates the problems of a modern-day teenager romance."

Cover versions

"The Price of Love" is a single released by the British Rock band

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in 1969. Bob Young is featured on Harmonica. It was released on the same day as the album '' Spare Parts'', but was not included on it, and it failed to chart. They re-recorded it in 1991 for inclusion on a later album, ''

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''.

Track listing

# "The Price of Love" (D Everly/P Everly) (3.40) # "Little Miss Nothing" (Rossi/Parfitt) (2.58)

Other versions

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in 1976 on his album ''

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'', and as the first track on the EP ''Extended Play''Bryan Ferry EP
on

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which reached No. 7 in the UK chart

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in 1982, on their album ''

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'' British duo

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included a version of the tune on their 1997 album '' Take Two'', which reached No. 1 in England.

Chart performance

References

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