Lessons in Love (song)

For the Neon Trees and Kaskade song, see Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night).
"Lessons in Love"
Single by Level 42
from the album Running in the Family
B-side "Hot Water" (Live)
Released 1986 (UK)
1987 (US)
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1986
Genre New wave[1]
Length 4:00
Label Polydor – POSP 790
Writer(s) Wally Badarou, Mark King, Rowland Charles Gould
Producer(s) Level 42
Level 42 singles chronology
"Leaving Me Now"
(1985)		 "Lessons in Love"
(1986)		 "Running in the Family"
(1987)

"Lessons in Love" was a single from the British band Level 42, released in 1986, from the album Running in the Family (released one year later).

This single is the band's biggest hit, in their homeland, where it reached no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and internationally, entering the Top 10 in numerous countries; even reaching the no. 1 spot in some of them (Germany, South Africa, etc.).

It's also one of the few singles from the band that broke into the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached no. 12 in 1987. It is the first of five singles from their 1987 album, Running in the Family, and it made way for the success of other singles from the album.

In 1988, the Serbian band Poslednja Igra Leptira covered this song on Serbian language with lyrics "Taksi".

Track listing

  1. "Lessons In Love" (Extended version)
  2. "Something About You" (Remix)
  3. "Hot Water" (live)
  1. "Lessons In Love (Extended version)
  2. "World Machine"
  3. "Hot Water" (live)
  1. "Lessons In Love"
  2. "Hot Water" (live)

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1986–1987) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 65
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 3
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[8] 3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[9] 14
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[10] 1
France (SNEP)[11] 22
Germany (Media Control Charts)[12] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 3
Italy (FIMI)[14] 2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[15] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[16] 2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[17] 18
Norway (VG-lista)[18] 10
Poland (LP3)[19] 2
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[20] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[21] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[22] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[24] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[25] 12
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play1 [25] 12
US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales1 [25] 50
US Cash Box[26] 19

1Remix

Year-end charts

Chart (1986) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[27] 25
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[28] 10
Germany (Media Control Charts)[29] 3
Italy (FIMI)[14] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[30] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[31] 15
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[32] 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 3
Chart (1987) Position
Canada (RPM Top 100 Singles)[34] 66

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" by Modern Talking		 German number-one single
14 July 1986 – 18 August 1986 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Holiday Rap" by MC Miker G & DJ Sven
Preceded by
"Venus" by Bananarama		 Swiss number-one single
3 August 1986 – 21 September 1986 (8 weeks)
Preceded by
"Dancing on the Ceiling" by Lionel Richie		 South African number-one single
3 October 1986 – 24 October 1986 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Venus" by Bananarama
Preceded by
"¿A quién le importa?" by Alaska y Dinarama		 Spanish number-one single
8 December 1986 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Geronimo's Cadillac" by Modern Talking

References

  1. ↑ Jisi, Chris (1 August 2010). "Royal Return: Mark King Leads Level 42 On Its 30th Anniversary Comeback". Guitar Player (NewBay Media). Retrieved 24 June 2013. Level 42 was equally indecipherable, emerging in 1980 as a jazz-funk “muso” band that would soon ride the New Wave to worldwide pop success—here with the single smashes “Something About You” and “Lessons in Love.”
  2. ↑ "UK release". Ultimatelevel42.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Australian release". Ultimatelevel42.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "US release". Ultimatelevel42.com. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – CHART POSITIONS PRE 1989". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Level 42 – Lessons In Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Level 42 – Lessons In Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Lessons In Love – LEVEL 42" (in Dutch). Top 30. Retrieved 1 February 2014. Hoogste notering in de top 30 : 3
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 0820." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  10. ↑ (Finnish) Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
  11. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Level 42 – Lessons In Love" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Level 42 – Lessons In Love". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "I singoli più venduti del 1986" (in Italian). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Level 42 - Lessons In Love search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  16. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Level 42 – Lessons In Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  17. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Level 42 – Lessons In Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  18. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Level 42 – Lessons In Love". VG-lista. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  19. ↑ "LESSON IN LOVE – Level 42" (in Polish). LP3. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  20. ↑ "South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (L)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  21. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Level 42 – Lessons In Love". Singles Top 60. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Level 42 – Lessons In Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  24. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1986-05-10" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Running in the Family – Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  26. ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending JUNE 20, 1987 at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 October 2012). Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  27. ↑ "Jahreshitparade 1986" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  28. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1986" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  29. ↑ "Jahrescharts – 1986" (in German). Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  30. ↑ "Single Top 100 over 1986" (PDF) (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  31. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1986" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  32. ↑ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1986". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  33. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1986" (in German). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  34. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 47, No. 12, December 26, 1987". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

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