We Love You | |
Cover: | We Love You single.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark |
Album: | The Pacific Age |
B-Side: | "We Love You" (Dub) |
Recorded: | Studio De La Grande Armée (Paris) |
Genre: | New wave |
Length: | 4:10 |
Label: | Virgin |
Producer: | Stephen Hague |
Prev Title: | (Forever) Live and Die |
Prev Year: | 1986 |
Next Title: | Shame |
Next Year: | 1987 |
"We Love You" is a 1986 song by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), released as the second single from their seventh studio album The Pacific Age. It was originally written for the film Playing for Keeps (1986).[1]
An enthusiastic WLIR named "We Love You" their "Screamer of the Week" for 28 November 1986.[2] Following its US-wide release, the track was included in KROQ's "Top 106.7 Songs of 1987".[3] AllMusic critic Dave Thompson later wrote that "We Love You" had "all the makings of a smash [hit]", while praising its instrumentation and "splendidly anthemic chorus". He also observed "barely veiled lyrics with anti-militaristic intent".[4]
Chart (1986–1987) | Peak position | |
---|---|---|
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 18 | |
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[6] | 16 |