Love in Motion (song)
| "Love in Motion" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1981 Australian 7" release | ||||
| Single by Icehouse | ||||
| A-side | "Love in Motion" | |||
| B-side | "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews" | |||
| Released | 26 October 1981 | |||
| Format | 7" Vinyl Single | |||
| Recorded | 15 July 1981 London | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, new wave | |||
| Length | 3:41 | |||
| Label | Regular Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Iva Davies | |||
| Producer(s) | Steve Nye, Iva Davies | |||
| Icehouse singles chronology | ||||
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"Love in Motion" is the first new material released by the Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse as a 7" vinyl single-only in October 1981 on Regular Records for the Australian market.[1] The band had been known as Flowers until 27 June 1981 after which they changed their name to Icehouse,[2] they had signed to Chrysalis Records and most of Flowers' material was released under the new name into Europe, UK and US markets.[1] "Love in Motion" peaked at #10 on the Australian singles charts.[3] The B-side, "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews" was included on the 1982 album Primitive Man with "Love in Motion" included on the Chrysalis Records US / European versions of the album, the UK 1983 version of the album was re-titled Love in Motion.
Both tracks of the single were written by the Flowers/Icehouse founder and mainstay Iva Davies[4] who recorded the tracks while Icehouse were on tour in London using the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5,[1][5] and produced them with Steve Nye.[6] In 1992, Icehouse released a compilation album Masterfile on Massive Records, which included the Davies duet with Christina Amphlett of Divinyls on "Love in Motion" also released as a CD-single. A 1996 Icehouse compilation was called Love in Motion and released by dIVA / Massive Records. A remix version by Wicked Beat Sound System was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown in 2002.[7]
Track listing
All tracks written by Iva Davies.[4]
1981 single (Australian/NZ release)
- "Love in Motion" - 3:41
- "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews" - 4:00
1992 single (featuring Christina Amphlett)
- "Love in Motion" (single edit)
- "Love in Motion" (7" with Lenin version)
- "Crazy" (original version)
- "Love in Motion" (original Laswell version)
Chart position
| Song | AUS[3][8]
Pop singles |
|---|---|
| "Love in Motion" | 10 |
| "Love in Motion (feat. Christina Amphlett)" | 74 |
References
- 1 2 3 McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Archived from the original (doc) on 2003-05-17. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ↑ Davies, Neville. "The Icehouse story - early years". Spellbound fanzine. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- 1 2 "APRA search engine". APRA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. LOVE IN MOTION
- ↑ "Artist: Icehouse". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Meltdown credits". allmusic guide. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ↑ "australian-charts.com - Icehouse". australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2008-07-07.