Love Is the Drug

Infobox Single
Name = Love Is the Drug
from Album = Siren
Artist = Roxy Music
Released= September 1975


track_no = 1
Recorded = Summer 1975
Genre = Art rock
Length = 4:11
Writer = Bryan Ferry/Andy Mackay
[ Label = EG Records
Producer = Chris Thomas
Chart position =

• #2 (UK)
• #30 (US)

Last single = "All I Want Is You"
October 1974
This single = "Love Is the Drug"
September 1975
Next single = "Both Ends Burning"
December 1975
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Siren
Type = studio
prev_track = (start of album)
this_track = "Love Is the Drug"
track_no = Track 1
next_track = "End of the Line"
next_no = Track 2Infobox Single
Name = Love Is the Drug


Artist = Grace Jones
from Album = Warm Leatherette
B-side = "Sinning"
Released = 1980
Format = 7" single
Recorded =
Genre = Disco
Length = A: 4:40, B: 4:10
Label = Island Records WIP 6605
Writer = Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "A Rolling Stone" (1980)
This single = "Love Is the Drug" (1980)
Next single = "Private Life" (1980)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Type = single


Lower caption = 1986 Remix "Love Is the Drug" is a 1975 single from Roxy Music. A number two hit in the United Kingdom, it also gave the group its first substantial exposure in the United States, reaching number 30 in early 1976 on the U.S. pop singles chart and doing even better on progressive rock radio.

The song started as an Andy Mackay instrumental, but then gained lyrics from Bryan Ferry; Ferry said the song came to him while he was walking and kicking the leaves in Hyde Park.

"Love Is the Drug" is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. It remains Roxy Music's highest-charting single in the U.S., while in the UK it was only topped by their 1981 version of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy".

In the Depeche Mode tour documentary/film "101", lead vocalist Dave Gahan can be seen singing along to the song while playing a pinball machine.

Credits

* Bryan Ferry: Voice and Piano
* Andy MacKay: Oboe and Saxophone (and Treatments)
* John Gustafson: Bass
* Paul Thompson: Drums and Timpani
* Phil Manzanera: Guitar (and Treatments)
* Eddie Jobson: Violin, Synthesizer and Keyboards

Grace Jones version

Grace Jones recorded "Love Is the Drug" on her "Warm Leatherette" album from 1980 and the track was released as the second single following "A Rolling Stone" in the UK while it was the first single to be released in Germany. After failing to chart in 1980, a remix of the Grace Jones version was released in 1986 following the 1985 compilation "Island Life" and then became a minor hit in the UK, peaking at #35.

Other cover versions

Kylie Minogue recorded the track for the 2007 "Radio 1. Established 1967" compilation album. The Australian rock group, Divinyls, also recorded a version for the "Super Mario Bros." film soundtrack.

Related items

In 2004, a hardback novel written by American author Sarahbeth Purcell, by the same name, "Love Is the Drug", was released by Atria, an imprint of Simon and Schuster with many music references throughout.