Love Needs No Disguise

"Love Needs No Disguise"
Single by Gary Numan and Dramatis
from the album For Future Reference
B-side "Take Me Home"
"Face to Face"[1]
Released 5 December 1981[1]
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl[2]
Recorded Ridge Farm Studios, Rusper[1]
Genre New wave
Length 4:36[1]
Label Beggars Banquet[1]
Writer(s) Ced Sharpley, Chris Payne, Denis Haines, Russell Bell
Producer(s) Dramatis, Simon Heyworth[1]
Gary Numan chronology
"She's Got Claws"
(1981)
"Love Needs No Disguise"
(1981)
"Music for Chameleons"
(1982)
Dramatis chronology
"Ex Luna Scientia"
(1981)
"Love Needs No Disguise"
(1981)
"No-One Lives Forever"
(1981)

"Love Needs No Disguise" is a 1981 single by Dramatis featuring Gary Numan on vocals. It charted at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] It got its live debut on The Warriors Tour in 1983. Of the song, Numan recalled:

"This was just the break they needed; I didn’t have anything to do with the writing of the song and I had a great time recording the video"

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s)Artist Length
1. "Love Needs No Disguise"  Ced Sharpley, Chris Payne, Denis Haines, Russell BellGary Numan and Dramatis 4:36
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s)Artist Length
2. "Take Me Home"  Sharpley, Payne, Haines, BellDramatis 5:36
3. "Face to Face" (12" only)Gary NumanGary Numan 3:41

Charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 33

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Gary Numan / Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise (Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. "Gary Numan And Dramatis - Love Needs No Disguise". Discogs. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. "Archive Chart". Official Charts Company. 5 December 1981. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  4. "Archive Chart: 1981-12-05" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 2 April 2013.

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