Love... Thy Will Be Done

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“Love... Thy Will Be Done”
“Love... Thy Will Be Done” cover
Single by Martika
from the album Martika's Kitchen
Released 1991
Format 7" single
CD maxi
CD single
Cassette
Genre Pop
Length 5:02
Label Sony
Writer(s) Martika, Prince
Producer Prince
Martika singles chronology
"Water"
(1990)
"Love... Thy Will Be Done"
(1991)
"Martika's Kitchen"
(1991)

"Love... Thy Will Be Done" was the first single released from Martika's second album, Martika's Kitchen, the single, written and produced by Prince, reached the top ten of the pop charts in the US, UK, France and Australia.

Prince has performed this song during his tours in the later 90's. Prince also used a sample of this song for his cover of "One of Us" on his triple album Emancipation.

This song introduced Martika to a more adult contemporary sound than her previous efforts. The single was released on July 25, 1991.

[edit] Track listings

CD maxi
  1. "Love... Thy Will Be Done" (4:20)
  2. "Mi tierra" (4:35)
  3. "Temptation" (4:45)
7" single / CD single / Cassette
  1. "Love ... Thy Will Be Done" (4:20)
  2. "Mi tierra" (4:34)

[edit] Charts

Chart (1991)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 10
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 1
Dutch Singles Chart 19
French Singles Chart 10
German Singles Chart 26
Irish Singles Chart 8
Swiss Singles Chart 26
UK Singles Chart 9
Preceded by
"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" by Bryan Adams
Australia ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
October 13, 1991
Succeeded by
"Rush" by Big Audio Dynamite II

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Love... Thy Will Be Done", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  2. ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  3. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  4. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  5. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)