"Be My Lover Now" is a song by British singer and songwriter
Philip Oakey and producer
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance mu ...
. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the album ''
Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder''. It was released as a single in the UK in August 1985 where it reached number 74 on the singles charts and remained on the charts for 1 week. It was the third and final single to be released from the brief Oakey/Moroder partnership which had started with the hit single "
Together in Electric Dreams
"Together in Electric Dreams" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and Italian composer and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the original soundtrack of the film '' Electric Dream ...
" (1984).
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Because the single was not a commercial success and neither was the album, it effectively ended the short-lived partnership between Oakey and Moroder in 1985. Oakey returned to work with his band the Human League full-time.
Music video
The music video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...
for "Be My Lover Now" was less extravagant than the high budget video for the previous single " Good-Bye Bad Times".
The video has a surreal theme and features Philip Oakey performing on stage in an ornate theatre, with 3 female backing singers/dancers and two female podium dancers either side of the stage who are dressed identically to an audience of identical blue dress wearing female 'clones' in their 30s/40s who are competing for Oakey's attention.
References
External links
*http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/be_my_lover.htm
1985 songs
1985 singles
Philip Oakey songs
Giorgio Moroder songs
Songs written by Philip Oakey
Songs written by Giorgio Moroder
Song recordings produced by Giorgio Moroder
Virgin Records singles
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