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"Where Love Lives (Come On In)" is a song by British singer and former dancer
Alison Limerick Alison T. Limerick (born 1959, Stepney) is a British singer who scored success in the 1990s with the club anthem " Where Love Lives", which was her solo debut and a No. 3 hit on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play in 1991. Biography Limerick attended ...
, released first time in November 1990. It was her solo-debut and a massive club hit in the early 1990s in both the United Kingdom and United States. In 1991, the single peaked at number 27 in the UK and number three on the ''
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chart in the US. It was also voted Dance Track of 1991 by ''Billboard'' magazine. In 1992, it was included on Limerick's debut album, ''
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''. In 1996, it was released in a new remix by Dancing Divaz, peaking at number nine in the UK and number four on the dance chart in the US. The song is famous for the funked-up piano intro and remains the singer's most successful release. It is now widely regarded as one of the biggest club anthems of all-time, and has been remixed and re-released several times.


Background

Alison Limerick began her career as a dancer, before shifting her focus onto singing. She performed in the musical Labelled with Love and as a backing vocalist in the mid-80s after attending the London Contemporary School of Dance. Her first major gig was backing vocals on
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in 1984. She appeared in musicals including
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. And in 1989 she made a brief appearance as an African sorceress in
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's film Mountains of the Moon. Swedish producer and songwriter Lati Kronlund (Lars E.C. Kronlund) picked Limerick to record "Where Love Lives", after seeing her singing at a show at the ICA in London. She performed
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’s 1941 song, " God Bless The Child" and Kronlund was in the audience. He told her that "Where Love Lives" was her song to sing because it required someone with a big two-octave range. The track is written/produced by Lati Kronlund and mixed by
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and
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. About recording the song, she told in a 1992 interview with ''
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'' magazine, "I just went in and sang the song with absolutely no expectations of where it might lead. In fact, I had almost forgotten about the track when I got a call saying ristawanted to sign me up."


Release

The 1990 release of the single was named just as "Where Love Lives", but when re-released in 1991 it got named "Where Love Lives (Come On In)". It is the first single from Limerick's debut album, ''
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'', which was released in March 1992. That year she also won the Best Female Artist Award at 1992's DMC Awards. In 1996 Arista released the Alison Limerick ''Club Classics'', a remix album. From this release, "Where Love Lives" again topped the dance charts with " Make It On My Own" following. For the first time "Where Love Lives" was released in America and it reached number four in the ''
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'' Hot Dance 100 chart. In 2003, the song appeared on the charts yet again thanks to new remixes, reaching number 16 on the ''Billboard'' dance charts and number 44 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2016, Limerick joined music collective
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as lead singer and together they released a new version of "Where Love Lives" via Dorado Records in 2018. Lati Kronlund, who co-started the collective commented on the re-recording of "Where Love Lives", "It's a funky version, played all live in the studio by the band, it is almost a live tribute to the Frankie Knuckles and Dave Morales remix of the song from the early nineties, but also to the Philly disco and
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sound that was the song’s original inspiration."


Critical reception

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'' called the song "eminent".
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from ''
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'' felt it is "darkly compelling". David Taylor-Wilson from ''
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'' commented, "What a great song. The vocals are fierce and that piano accompaniment digs right into you."
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from ''
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'' said it is "brilliant", noting its "disco buoyance". Marisa Fox of ''
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'' described it as an "energetic, fast-paced" track with "light, catchy" chorus. She added, "gone are the days when
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meant stone-cold rhythms and hardly any melody." Andy Beevers from ''
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'' complimented it as a "stunning" debut. Peter Stanton from ''
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'' wrote, "Ms Limerick might be an unheard-of entity to many, but she has become a humungous floorfiller on the club circuit over the last few months with her achingly danceable track 'Where Love Lives'. This ripe beauty of a number failed to ignite the charts on its first release last November, but the idle public are being given a second chance-to-purchase option." He also declared it as an "pleasant ditty". Another editor, James Hamilton, called it a "genuinely massive floorfiller" and a "pelvis-twitching sinewy girl's piano jangled then sparsely pulsing attractive canterer". The magazine's Davydd Chong wrote, "Nice piano riff, good melody and rather
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-esque". Upon the release of the 1996 remix, Flick of ''Billboard'' said, "Needless to say, the Dancing Divaz mix crackles with
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vigor and will effectively flirt with radio programmers who missed the boat the first time." A reviewer from ''Music Week'' viewed it as "awesome".
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for the ''RM'' Dance Update rated it five out of five, writing, "Dancing Divaz remain pretty faithful to the original, adding more piano chords at the intro and re-structuring verses and chorus. .Classic
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& Perfecto mixes complete a perfect packaging of this perennial."


Chart performance

Upon its first release in November 1990, "Where Loves Lives" failed to make an impact on the
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when it peaked at number 87 in its first week, on 11 November. The following week, the single dropped out before re-entering at number 99 in its last week that year, on 25 November. However, after becoming a successful club hit, a re-release some months later in 1991 ensured the song entering the UK Top 30, when it peaked at number 27. This year, it first entered at number 44 on 24 March, before climbing to 39 and 29, and then peaking at 27 on 14 April. After this, in the following weeks, the single dropped to number 31, 39, 52 and 75, on 12 May 1991. On the
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in ''
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'', it reached number two on 6 April. Another release of the track, remixed by Dancing Divas (an alias of UK music producer Ian Bland) charted in 1996. This version was even more successful, peaking at its first week on the UK Singles Chart at number nine, on 30 June, becoming Limerick's highest charting hit to date. It also topped the UK Dance Singles Chart and ''
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s ''RM'' Club Chart. The following weeks on the singles chart, it dropped to number 15, 27, 39, 49 and 65 on 4 August 1996. In 2003, a new remix of "Where Love Lives" by UK dance producer duo Northstarz peaked and debuted at number 44 on 15 March. The following week it dropped to number 70, before leaving the UK Singles Chart. The song was also a huge dance/club hit in the United States, peaking at number three on the ''
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chart in 1991. In 1996, the Dancing Divaz remix peaked at number four and in 2003, the Northstarz remix peaked on number 16.


Music video

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was made for "Where Love Lives", directed by
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. The 1996 video version used the same video as the original, but was edited in a different way to accompany the remix. The music video features Limerick performing with dancers moving both in front of and behind a bright backdrop, making shadow-dancing silhouettes. Sometimes they are also seen dancing in front of mirrors. Sometimes she's dressed in a purple suit with a purple caps. Other times she wears a glittery metal dress. It was later published on Limerick's official
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channel in October 2009. The 1996 Dancing Divaz version was published in November 2012. It has amassed more than 411,000 views as of September 2021.


Impact and legacy

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'' ranked it number nine in their list of "Top 100 Club Tunes" in 1998. British DJ
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picked "Where Love Lives" as one of his "classic cuts" in 1994, saying, "The greatest Knuckles and Morales mixes. Lush ballroom strings, piano and tough dubs. A record with so much soul it fills you with deep joy. It will still sound good in 20 years' time. British DJ Fat Tony selected it as one of his "classic cuts" in 1995, adding, "I was one of the first people to have it – someone stole a test pressing for me. It's a genius track and it brings back memories of drug abuse. An uplifting song, it paved the way for similar songs. It's happy – one of thos tunes I always slip on." British DJ, music producer and radio presenter
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chose it as one of his favourites in 1995, stating, "Morales and Knuckles together at their best. The almost perfect
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anthem. Uplifting, stacks of emotion. I always get goosepimples when I hear it. Perfect." Electronic dance and clubbing magazine ''
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'' ranked the song number one in its "100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time" list in 1996, writing, "Where Love Lives (Come On in) is the greatest dance record of all time because it's got everything. It swings, it makes girls pout, boys preen and hearts sing. There's a touch of sadness about it but it's incredibly uplifting, reaching a bittersweet joy that only the most spiritual of
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achieves. Ms Limerick - whose subsequent career never lived up to this - sings with a throaty, controlled abandon, hitting the high notes while arms hit the ceiling. Even the lyrics are cool: strong woman sends out her love but gives her lover a bit of a slagging while she's about it." English DJ and record producer
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chose it as one of his top 10 vinyl thrills in 1996, saying, "I'm not too proud to admit it, but it should only be played twice a year, on New Year's Eve and birthdays, and not once a week." ''
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''’s 2008 listeners & DJs poll "The Greatest Ever Dance Record", "Where Love Lives" came in at number five, after
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'' included "Where Love Lives" in their list of the "Top 100 Most Important House Tracks" in 2011.
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placed "Where Love Lives" at number 58 in their list of "The 100 Biggest 90's Dance Anthems of All Time" in November 2011. After the passing of
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in 2014, Barry Walters of
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wrote, "If I had to sum up Knuckles' tender, supple sound with one song, it would the 1991 mix he and his pupil Morales did for Alison Limerick's "Where Love Lives." It starts with the kind of piano that makes real club people dance, and continues for several bars without a single drum beat. Then the rhythm machines enter, ensuring that every DJ capable of matching beats could smoothly mix in from the next record if they didn't dare to start with the bare piano. As the track progresses, the sound ebbs and flows as if it had been orchestrated with real instruments, as if disco hadn't died at all. "I'll take you down, deep down where love lives," Limerick growls in a way that doesn't leave any place for doubt. That's where Knuckles' spirit resides, in that place where love lives, a place designed to live on as long as hips feel that impulse to sway." ''
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''`s 2015 list of "The 20 Best House Tracks Ever" included "Where Love Lives" as number 14, adding, "One of the finest example of how dance music could do more than just borrow hooks and melodies from pop, 'Where Love Lives' went one step further. UK singer Alison Limerick's rich vocal lines are layered over upfront house beats, creating the perfect crossover record, aimed right at the mainstream, but still retaining the dance music credentials of all involved." Glitterbox named its 2021 nightlife documentary ''Where Love Lives'' after the song. It was launched as a three-part live watch-along event exclusively on
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Accolades

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Track listing

* UK Vinyl single, 7" (1990) :A. "Where Love Lives" (7") :B. "Where Love Lives" (Zone) * UK Vinyl single, 12" (1990) :A. "Where Love Lives" (The Definitive Mix) :B1. "Where Love Lives" (Classic Mix) :B2. "Where Love Lives" (Cut to the Bone) * UK Vinyl single, 12" (1990) :A. "Where Love Lives" (Sauna Mix) :B1. "Where Love Lives" (Classic Mix) :B2. "Where Love Lives" (Cut to the Bone) * UK Vinyl single (Remix), 12" (1990) :A. "Where Love Lives" (Red Zone) :B1. "Where Love Lives" (Swedes in the Area) :B2. "Where Love Lives" (Spring) * UK CD single (1990) #"Where Love Lives" (7") – 3:44 #"Where Love Lives" (Classic Mix) – 7:01 #"Where Love Lives" (Red Zone Edit) – 4:04 #"Where Love Lives" (Cut to the Bone) – 5:07 * UK Vinyl single, 12" (1991) :A. "Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Classic Mix) – 6:50 :A2. "Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Red Zone Mix) – 5:35 :B. "Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Cut to the Bone) – 5:07 * UK Vinyl single (The Remixes), 12" (1991) :A. "Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Sound Factory Mix) – 8:25 :B1. "Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Jammin' On Mix) – 5:51 :B2. "Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Mo' Knuckles Mix) – 5:59 * UK & Europe CD single (1991) #"Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Radio Edit) – 3:49 #"Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Classic Mix) – 6:55 #"Where Love Lives (Come On In)" (Red Zone Mix) – 5:33 * Europe Vinyl single, 12" (1996) :A1. "Where Love Lives" (Dancing Divas Club Mix) :A2. "Where Love Lives" (Classic Mix) :B1. "Where Love Lives" (Romanthony's Hardtronic Vox Music) :B2. "Where Love Lives" (Perfecto Mix) * UK & Europe CD single (1996) #"Where Love Lives" (Dancing Divaz '96 Radio Edit) – 3:47 #"Where Love Lives" (Original 7" Radio Edit) – 3:48 #"Where Love Lives" (Romanthony's Hardtronic Vox Mix) – 9:25 #"Where Love Lives" (Classic Mix) – 6:54 #"Where Love Lives" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) – 7:23 #"Where Love Lives" (Perfecto Mix) – 6:30 * UK CD single (2003) #"Where Love Lives" (Northstarz Radio Mix) – 3:33 #"Where Love Lives" (K-Boy Radio Mix) – 3:19 #"Where Love Lives" (West London Deep Mix) – 6:53 #"Where Love Lives" (Original Classic Club Mix) – 6:12


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Certifications


Personnel

* Producer – Lati Kronlund * Mix – Frankie Knuckles, David Morales * Engineer – John Poppo * Keyboards – Eric Kupper, Peter Schwartz


Cover versions, samples and remixes

MDA sampled the song in the track "Take an E (United E Nation Mix)" in 1991. 1st Prodject sampled it in 1992, in the track "Right Before (Remix)". DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer sampled it in the 1993 track "In Effect (The Remix)". British singer Danny Litchfield covered "Where Love Lives" on his 2010 album Soul. K & K sampled "Where Love Lives" in the track "Peaceful Crowd" in 2016. Covered by Pete Tong and The Heritage Orchestra conducted by Jules Buckley in 2016.


External links


Alison Limerick on Discogs

Mixmags's list of the 100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time


References

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