When You Ask About Love | |
Cover: | The Crickets When You Ask About Love.jpeg |
Caption: | UK Coral vinyl record |
Type: | single |
Artist: | The Crickets |
Album: | In Style with the Crickets |
B-Side: | "Deborah" |
Released: | (US) (UK) |
Genre: | Rock and roll |
Producer: | Norman Petty |
Prev Title: | Love's Made a Fool of You |
Prev Year: | 1959 |
Next Title: | More Than I Can Say |
Next Year: | 1960 |
"When You Ask About Love" is a song written by Jerry Allison and Sonny Curtis and recorded by the Crickets in 1959. It was a hit in Britain, reaching number 27 in the UK Singles Chart.
"When You Ask About Love" was the second single from the Crickets' second album, In Style With the Crickets. It was also the second single to be released after the death of Buddy Holly. The song was written by guitarist Sonny Curtis and drummer Jerry Allison whilst they were at the home of Allison's girlfriend and future wife, Peggy Sue Gerron (after whom the Buddy Holly song is named). The B-side "Deborah" was named after Peggy Sue's younger niece.[1]
When You Ask About Love | |
Cover: | Matchbox When You Ask About Love.jpeg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Matchbox |
Album: | Midnite Dynamos |
B-Side: | "You've Made a Fool of Me" |
Genre: | Rockabilly |
Label: | Magnet |
Producer: | Peter Collins |
Prev Title: | Midnite Dynamos |
Prev Year: | 1980 |
Next Title: | Over The Rainbow/You Belong To Me |
Next Year: | 1980 |
In 1980, English rockabilly band Matchbox released a cover of the song as the second single from for their fourth album Midnite Dynamos. It was the band's biggest hit, reaching number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.
Reviewing the song in Record Mirror, Mike Nicholls described the song as "pukeabilly – uninspired, backward looking and unoriginal – surely we've got past this by now. If you want this sort of "music" – go back and listen to Buddy Holly, at least he had some conviction."[3]