Love's Great Adventure Explained

Love's Great Adventure
Cover:Ultravox-Loves_Great_Adventure.png
Type:single
Artist:Ultravox
Album:The Collection
Released:12 October 1984
Recorded:1984
Genre:Synthpop, pop rock, new wave
Length:3:04
5:40 (Extended version)
Label:Chrysalis
Producer:Ultravox
Prev Title:Lament
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Same Old Story
Next Year: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.

In popular culture

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)

Notes and References

  1. Record News . . London, England . 51 . 6 October 1984.
  2. Web site: 2021-08-01. Ultravox. .
  3. Web site: The Official Charts Company - Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure . . 9 January 2010.
  4. Web site: Loves Great Adventure. Goldstein, Dan . October 1984 . Electronics & Music Maker .