Love's Great Adventure

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“Love's Great Adventure”
“Love's Great Adventure” cover
Single by Ultravox
from the album The Collection
B-side "White China (Live)"
"Man Of Two Worlds (Instrumental)"
Released October 12th 1984
Format 7" single, 12" single
Recorded 1984
Genre Synthpop, Electronic
Length 03:04
Label Chrysalis Records
Writer(s) Midge Ure, Chris Cross, Warren Cann, Billy Currie
Producer Ultravox
Ultravox singles chronology
"Heart Of The Country"
(1984)
"Love's Great Adventure"
(1984)
"Same Old Story"
(1986)

"Love's Great Adventure" is a stand-alone single released by Ultravox on the 12th October 1984, peaking at #12 in the UK charts. The style of this single is different from any of their preceding Lament singles, aiming for a more lightweight, pop-oriented approach.

The music video features the band members in a humorous parody of Indiana Jones, with Midge Ure being chased across deserts and forests by a ruthless treasure hunter. Midge Ure stated in his autobiography, If I Was, that the aim of the single and it's video was to promote Ultravox as having a sense of humour, away from the seriousness of their previous releases.

The song was not released on a studio album, instead appearing on their 1984 compilation album The Collection.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 7" version:

  1. "Love's Great Adventure" – 3:04
  2. "White China (Live)" – 3:43

[edit] 12" version:

  1. "Love's Great Adventure (Extended Version)" – 5:40
  2. "White China (Live)" – 3:43
  3. "Man Of Two Worlds (Instrumental)" – 4:32


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