Is This Love (Whitesnake song)

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“Is This Love”
“Is This Love” cover
Single by Whitesnake
from the album Whitesnake
Released 1987
Format Vinyl LP
Cassette
CD
Recorded 1986
Genre Glam Metal
Length 4:42
Label Geffen
Writer(s) David Coverdale
John Sykes
Producer Mike Stone
Keith Olsen
Whitesnake singles chronology
"Here I Go Again"
(1987)
"Is This Love"
(1987)
"Still of the Night"
(1987)

"Is This Love" is a power ballad by Whitesnake, self-titled album, released (as per the alternate album title) in 1987. Written by lead singer David Coverdale and guitarist John Sykes, the song was rumored to have been originally intended for Tina Turner.

The song became one of the biggest hits in 1987, and it further defined Whitesnake as one of the premiere rock groups of the 1980s. It reached number 2 in the US singles chart, and number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.

The music video featured David Coverdale's future wife Tawny Kitaen, who had appeared in the band's earlier video for "Here I Go Again". Ironically, the video also foreshadowed their divorce as Coverdale and Kitaen both went their separate ways a few years after the video was filmed.

The Audio Thieves featuring Uniting Nations covered this song in Dance Cover (2006).