Who Needs Love Like That

Infobox Single |
Name = Who Needs Love Like That


Caption = 1992 remix single cover
Artist = Erasure
from Album = Wonderland
B-side = "Push Me Shove Me" (1985)
Released = September 2, 1985 (original version)
October 26, 1992 (Hamburg mix)
Format = 12", 7", CD
Recorded = 1985
Genre = Synthpop
Length = 3:16
Label = Mute Records (UK)
Sire Records (U.S.)
Writer = Vince Clarke
Producer = Flood
Certification =
Last single =
This single = "Who Needs Love Like That"
(1985)
Next single = "Heavenly Action"
(1985)
Misc =Extra chronology
Last single = "Abba-esque"
(1992)
This single = "Who Needs Love Like That (Hamburg Mix)"
(1992)
Next single = "Always"
(1994)Extra album cover 2


Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single
Lower caption = Original 1985 single cover

"Who Needs Love Like That" is the debut single released by British synth pop duo Erasure. The song was released in the UK on Mute Records in 1985 as a prelude to their debut album "Wonderland". At the time it was considered a failure, especially when compared to Vince Clarke's success with his previous groups Depeche Mode and Yazoo.

History

"Who Needs Love Like That" is an uptempo pop song written by Vince Clarke. The lyrics are a cast-off to a destructive love relationship, in which the protagonist asks "who needs love like that?" The music video takes place in a mock Western, with Clarke, Andy Bell and various extras dressed as cowboys. Bell appears in a dual role, the other being woman's drag.

Upon its release, the song spent two weeks in the UK singles chart, peaking at number fifty-five. In 1992, the song was remixed and tacked on to the end of Erasure's greatest hits collection "Pop! - the First 20 Hits" (although in the U.S. it only appears on the cassette release). The "Hamburg Mix" (slightly retitled to put "Like That" in parenthesis) was released as a single and became a Top 10 UK hit, peaking at number ten.

Track listings

Original Release (1985)

7" single (MUTE40)

# "Who Needs Love Like That"
# "Push Me Shove Me"

12" single (12MUTE40)

# "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
# "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
# "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

Limited 12" single (L12MUTE40)

# "Who Needs Love Like That" (Mexican Mix)
# "Push Me Shove Me" (Tacos Mix)

CD Single (CDMUTE40)

# "Who Needs Love Like That"
# "Push Me Shove Me"
# "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
# "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
# "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

Hamburg Mix (1992)

7" single (MUTE150) / Cassette single (CMUTE150)

# "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
# "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Single Edit)

12" single (12MUTE150)

# "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
# "Ship of Fools" (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
# "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling Mix)

CD single (CDMUTE150)

# "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
# "The Soldier's Return"
# "Don't Say No"
# "The Circus" (Gladiator Mix)

Limited CD single (LCDMUTE150)

# "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
# "Ship of Fools" (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
# "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling Mix)

Chart performance