"The Tunnel of Love" (sometimes listed as "Tunnel of Love") is a song written and recorded by the group
Fun Boy Three
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. It was the second single from their second album ''
Waiting
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'' and returned the group to the UK top ten following the comparative failure of the album's first single "The More I See (The Less I Believe)", which had been their only single release to miss the UK top 40.
Both the single and album contain the same version of the song. However, on the album,
David Byrne
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is credited with production, while the single credits The Fun Boy Three with production, and David Byrne and Jeremy Green with mixing.
The B-side featured an alternative version of their debut single "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)", performed using only voices and
body percussion
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Track listing
;Fun Boy Three 7" single (Chrysalis CHS 2678) / 12" single (Chrysalis CHS 12 2678)
Most issues of the single list the title as "The Tunnel of Love" on the cover and "Tunnel of Love" on the label. On the album ''Waiting'', the title is consistently given as "The Tunnel of Love".
Charts
References
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1983 songs
1983 singles
Fun Boy Three songs
Songs written by Terry Hall (singer)
Chrysalis Records singles