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"Love's Great Adventure"
Single by Ultravox
from the album The Collection
B-side
  • "White China" (Live)
  • "Man of Two Worlds" (Instrumental)
Released12 October 1984
Recorded1984
GenreSynthpop, pop rock, new wave
Length3:04
5:40 (Extended version)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie, Midge Ure
Producer(s)Ultravox
Ultravox singles chronology
"Lament"
(1984) 		"Love's Great Adventure"
(1984) 		"Same Old Story"
(1986)

"Love's Great Adventure" is a single released by Ultravox on 12 October 1984.[1][2] Having enjoyed massive radio airplay that autumn, the single became Ultravox's thirteenth Top 30 single in Britain, and was their last major hit in the UK, peaking at #12 in the UK Singles Chart.[3]

Background

Unhappy to release another single from their recent album Lament, Billy Currie said in 1984 that the band wanted to do something different and do a one-off single totally separate from any album, recorded in a more immediate way than Lament.[4]

The song was not released on a studio album, instead appearing on their 1984 compilation album The Collection. 40 years later the track was finally included on Lament when the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the album was released.

An episode of the BBC series Inside No. 9, also called "Love's Great Adventure", used this song as its closing theme.

Track listing

7" version

  1. "Love's Great Adventure" – 3:04 - (Cross, Ure)
  2. "White China (Live June 84 at Hammersmith Odeon)" – 3:43 - (music: Cross, Cann, Currie - lyrics: Ure)

12" version

  1. "Love's Great Adventure (Extended Version)" – 5:40
  2. "White China (Live June 84 at Hammersmith Odeon)" – 3:43
  3. "Man of Two Worlds (Instrumental)" – 4:32 - (music: Currie, Cann, Cross, Ure - lyrics: Ure)

References

  1. ^ "Record News". NME. London, England: 51. 6 October 1984.
  2. ^ "Ultravox". AllMusic. 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ "The Official Charts Company - Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure". Official Charts. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  4. ^ Goldstein, Dan (October 1984). "Loves Great Adventure". Electronics & Music Maker: 44–46.