My Love of this Land

"My Love of this Land"
Single by Killing Joke
from the album Outside the Gate
A-side	"My Love of this Land"
B-side	"Darkness Before Dawn"
Released	July 3, 1988 (July 3, 1988)
Format	12" single 10" single 7" single
Genre	Synthpop New wave Post-punk
Length	9:32
Label	E'G Records
Writer(s)	Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker
Producer	Jaz Coleman Kevin "Geordie" Walker
Killing Joke singles chronology
"America" (1988) "My Love of this Land" (1988) "The Beautiful Dead" (1990)
Outside the Gate track listing "America" (1) "My Love of this Land" (2) "Stay One Jump Ahead" (3) 10" Single release My Love of this Land Side A Inner Sleeve

"My Love of this Land" is Killing Joke's second single off their seventh studio album, Outside the Gate. It was released on July 3, 1988, under E'G Records.^[1]

"My Love of this Land" reached number eighty-nine on the UK Singles Chart.^[2]

Releases

"My Love of this Land" was first released as a 7" single. Similar to "America", it was the second official single by Killing Joke to be produced by members of the band. "My Love of this Land" was featured as the A-side and "Darkness Before Dawn" as a B-side, previously from the album Night Time. "My Love of this Land" was then released as a 10" single in the UK. It featured a remix of "My Love of this Land" by Glenn Skinner as the A-side, along with "Darkness Before Dawn". The B-side featured "Follow the Leaders-Dub" and "Sun Goes Down". A third release of the single was on a 12" single. The A-side was the same as the A-side of the 10" release, while the B-side included a live version of "Pssyche" with "Follow the Leaders-Dub".^[1]

Track listings

7" single

Side A

1. "My Love of this Land" – 04:14

Side B

1. "Darkness Before Dawn" – 05:18

10" single

Side A

1. "My Love of this Land" – 03:58^{[tln 1]}
2. "Darkness Before Dawn" – 05:18

Side B

1. "Follow the Leaders-Dub" – 04:00
2. "Sun Goes Down" – 04:19

12" single

Side A

1. "My Love of this Land" – 03:58^{[tln 1]}
2. "Darkness Before Dawn" – 05:18

Side B

1. "Follow the Leaders-Dub" – 04:00
2. "Pssyche (Live)" – 04:38

Track listings notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Mixed by Glenn Skinner

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak Position
1988	UK Singles Chart[2]	89

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "My Love of this Land". "Discogs. http://www.discogs.com/Killing-Joke-My-Love-Of-This-Land/master/17614. Retrieved 14 November 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Chart Stats - Killing Joke. chartstats.com. Retrieved on 2010-07-05

External links

• My Love of this Land music video