Brand New Lover

"Brand New Lover" is a song recorded by the British band Dead or Alive. It was the lead single released from the band's third album, Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know on Epic Records. The lyrics describe the singer's desire to leave his current partner for one who is more exciting. His motivation is that he admittedly does not desire a stable relationship with one partner, but rather is "a pleasure seeker." It achieved international success when released as a single in 1986.

Track listing

UK 7", 1986
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brand New Lover"	3:35
2.	"In Too Deep (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)"	4:34

UK 12" single, 1986
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brand New Lover (The Dust Monkey's Love Bubble Club Mix)"	9:00
2.	"Brand New Lover (Instrumental)"	4:15
3.	"In Too Deep (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)"	4:34

US 12" single, 1986
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brand New Lover (The Dust Monkey's Love Bubble Club Mix)"	9:00
2.	"Brand New Lover (Instrumental)"	4:15
3.	"Brand New Lover (Up Ducky Mix)"	6:35
4.	"In Too Deep (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, July 1985)"	4:34

Chart performance

The song proved to be more successful in the U.S. and in Japan than in the band's native UK, where it reached number 31. In the US, "Brand New Lover" peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,^[1] and spent two weeks atop the American dance chart in December 1986.^[2]

Chart (1986–87)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[3]	21
Canadian RPM Top Singles	27
Irish Singles Chart	22
Japanese Singles Chart	2
Italian Singles Chart	44
New Zealand ^[4]	15
UK Singles Chart	31
US Billboard Hot 100	15
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 166.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 72.
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 85. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3245

Preceded by "I Can't Turn Around" by J.M. Silk	Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single December 6, 1986 – December 13, 1986	Succeeded by "Control" by Janet Jackson

Dead or Alive
Pete Burns Mike Percy Steve Coy Timothy Lever Martin Healy Mick Reid Walter Ogden Paul Hornby Phil Hurst Pete Lloyd Joe Musker Sue James Adrian Mitchley Wayne Hussey Peter Oxendale Jason Alburey
Studio albums	Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984) Youthquake (1985) Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (1987) Nude (1989) Fan the Flame (Part 1) (1990) Nukleopatra (1995) Fragile (2000)
Remix albums	Nude (Remixed, Remodelled, Remixed) (1991) Unbreakable (2001)
Other albums	Rip It Up (1987) Love, Pete (1992) Star Box (1993) Evolution: The Hits (2003) That's the Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive (2010) Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI (2016)
Singles	"I'm Falling" "Number Eleven" "It's Been Hours Now" "The Stranger" "Misty Circles" "What I Want" "I'd Do Anything" "That's the Way (I Like It)" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" "Lover Come Back to Me" "In Too Deep" "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" "Brand New Lover" "Something in My House" "Hooked on Love" "I'll Save You All My Kisses" "Son of A Gun" "Turn Around & Count 2 Ten" "Come Home with Me Baby" "Baby Don't Say Goodbye" "Your Sweetness (Is Your Weakness)" "Gone 2 Long" "Unhappy Birthday" "Rebel Rebel" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 96" "Sex Drive" "Hit and Run Lover" "You Spin Me Round 2003"
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