Love Song for a Vampire

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“Love Song for a Vampire”
“Love Song for a Vampire” cover
Single by Annie Lennox
from the album Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack
Released 1992
Format CD single
Genre Rock
Length 4:17
Label Columbia Records
Arista Records (US)
RCA Records
Writer(s) Annie Lennox
Producer Stephen Lipson
Annie Lennox singles chronology
"Cold"
(1992)
"Little Bird" / "Love Song For a Vampire"
(1993)
"No More I Love You's"
(1995)

"Love Song for a Vampire" is the theme song to Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The song is sung by Annie Lennox. It is the final song on the soundtrack of the movie. It reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and number twenty-four on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Little Bird" (Lennox) 4:32
  2. "Love Song for a Vampire" (from Bram Stoker's Dracula) (Lennox) 4:16
  3. "Why" (Lennox) 5:04 *
  4. "The Gift" (Lennox/Buchanan, Bell, Moore) 4:36 *
  5. "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" (Lennox/Stewart) 4:06 *

* The final three tracks were recorded live for MTV Unplugged at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, 3 July 1992.

CD maxi
  1. "Little Bird" (4:39)
  2. "Love Song for a Vampire" (4:17)
  3. "Little Bird" (Utah Saints Version) (6:35)
CD maxi - UK
  1. "Little Bird" (4:39)
  2. "Love Song for a Vampire" (From 'Bram Stoker's Dracula') (4:17)
  3. "Little Bird" (Utah Saints Version) (6:35)
  4. "Little Bird" (N'Joi Version) (4:46)

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (1993)[1] [2] [3] [4] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 49
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 24
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 38
Canadian Singles Chart 7
French Singles Chart 10
German Singles Chart 29
Irish Singles Chart 3
Italian Singles Chart 7
Swiss Singles Chart 34
UK Singles Chart 3

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Love Song for a Vampire", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 30, 2008)
  2. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved March 30, 2008)
  3. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved March 30, 2008)
  4. ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved March 30, 2008)