(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways

"(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways" is a single by British singer-songwriter Julia Fordham. It was released in 1992 from her 1991 album Swept. The song charted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her highest charting single in the country.

The song became a popular pop-standard in the Philippines when it was reintroduced by Filipino singer Nina in 2005.^[1]

Background

The song was first offered to Linda Ronstadt but she turned it down so it was then introduced to Fordham.^[1]

Performances

In 2014, Fordham performed it live for her two Valentine concerts entitled "Love Moves..." in the Philippines.^[2]

Track listing

CD single^[3]

"Happy Ever After"
"Manhattan Skyline"
"One of the Boys"

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[4]	19

Cover versions

Nina version

"Love Moves in Mysterious Ways"

Digital download cover

Single by Nina

from the album Nina Live!

Released

February 2005

Format

Digital download

Recorded

January 30, 2005

Genre

Pop, acoustic

Length

4:27

Label

Rhino, Warner

Writer(s)

Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford

Producer(s)

Neil Gregorio

Nina singles chronology

"The Christmas Song"
(2004)

"Love Moves in Mysterious Ways"
(2005)

"Through the Fire"
(2005)

Music sample
"Love Moves in Mysterious Ways"

"Love Moves in Mysterious Ways" is the first single from Filipino singer Nina's third album Nina Live!.^[5]^[6] It was released in February 2005 by Warner Music, along with the live album. The song was part of the Nina Live! recording session on January 30, 2005 at the PHI Resto and Bar, Metrowalk in Pasig City.^[7] The song is considered to be one of the main reasons why Nina Live! became a success, which was certified Diamond by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.^[8]

Internationally, the song was released as a digital download through Rhino Records.^[9]

Music video

Nina performing the song live on the Nina Live! recording sessions.

The music video for "Love Moves in Mysterious Ways" was recorded during the Nina Live! recording sessions, which was directed by Marla Ancheta. No studio version was recorded for release. The video features Nina performing live with The Essence band. Fans and audience surround her, while she sings the song to them.

The video premiered on myx in February 2005.

Release history

Date released	Country	Format
February 2005	Philippines	Radio airplay
2005	Worldwide	Digital download

Other versions

"Love Moves in Mysterious Ways" was released by Michael English on his album Hope in 1993.
The song was also covered by Filipino band MYMP for their 2005 album Versions.
Christian Bautista also covered the song for Kris Aquino's album My Hearts Journey in 2011.

References

1 2 What Filipinos should know about Julia Fordham - Yahoo Celebrity Philippines
↑ Julia Fordham in two Valentine concerts | mb.com.ph | Philippine News
↑ "Love Moves in Mysterious Ways - Single". Retrieved 12 July 2014.
↑ "Archive Chart: 19910118" UK Singles Chart.
↑ "Nina Live! on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2010-10-27
↑ "Nina Live! on Amazon.com MP3 Download". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-10-27
↑ Warner Music (May 10, 2005). "Nina: Live and Loud & Multi-Platinum Female Artist". Titik Pilipino. Retrieved 201-10-27
↑ "Nina turns diamond". Business World Online. March 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-27
↑ Rhino Entertainment. "Love Moves In Mysterious Ways by Nina". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved 2010-10-27

Nina Girado

Discography Videography Awards

Studio albums	Heaven (2002) Smile (2003) Nina (2006) Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren (2008) Renditions of the Soul (2009) Stay Alive (2011) All Good (2013)

Compilation Albums	Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes (2007) Best of Nina (2009) Diamond: Greatest Hits 2002-2010 (2010)

Live albums	Nina Live! (2005)

Re-releases	Heaven (Special Edition) (2003) Nina Featuring the Hits of Barry Manilow (2007)

Video compilations	Nina Videoke (2005) Nina Live! (2005) Nina Videoke 2 (2008) Sing Along with Nina (2011)

Notable concerts	Nina Just Wanna Have Fun (2005) Nina Live! (2005) Very Manilow (2006) Nina... The Diamond Soul Siren (2010) Update Your Status... (2012) Nina Reborn (2013)

Charities	Leukemic Indigents Fund UNICEF Philippine Red Cross Gawad Kalinga ICanServe

Related articles	Warner Music Universal Records Viva Records ASAP Music Club Myx MYMP ABS-CBN Wave 89.1

Nina Girado singles

Heaven	"Heaven" "2nd Floor" "Jealous" "Foolish Heart" "Loving You"

Smile	"Make You Mine" "A Girl Can Dream" "Sayang Naman"

Nina Live!	"I Don't Want to Be Your Friend" "Love Moves in Mysterious Ways" "Through the Fire" "Constantly" "I Love You Goodbye" "Burn"

Nina	"Araw Mo" "I Do" "Someday" "I Can't Make You Love Me" "Collide" "Somewhere Down the Road" "If I Should Love Again"

Nina in the Mix: The Dense Modesto Remixes	"Someday" (Future Confessional Remix)

Nina Sings the Hits of Diane Warren	"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" "There You'll Be"

Renditions of the Soul	"She's Out of My Life" "Cold Summer Nights" "I'm Yours"

Diamond: Greatest Hits 2002-2010	"Love Will Lead You Back"

Stay Alive	"Dance" "However Much Love" "Believe in the Dream" "Only with You"

All Good	"Don't Say Goodbye" "Sa Isang Tingin" "Hurting Inside"

Other releases	"Biyahe Tayo" "The Christmas Song" "I'll Always Love You" "Lumapit Ka" "Kaya Natin Ito"

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