The Shadow of Love
Song by The Damned
"The Shadow of Love" | ||||
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Single by the Damned | ||||
from the album Phantasmagoria | ||||
B-side | "Nightshift" | |||
Released | 10 June 1985 (1985-06-10) | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Length | 3:51 | |||
Label | MCA GRIM 2 | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jon Kelly | |||
The Damned singles chronology | ||||
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"The Shadow of Love" is a single by English rock band the Damned, released by MCA on 10 June 1985.
It was released in several formats, with the 10" and 12" versions featuring different mixes of "The Shadow of Love", as well as a bonus track, "Would You". Limited numbers of the 7" single included a bonus record, featuring Rat Scabies' solo single "Let There Be Rats", previously only available via mail order. The song was promoted with the help of a video directed by Peter Cornish, and reached No. 25 in the UK charts.
MCA also issued the single in Germany, with the German 7" featuring a slightly different mix of "The Shadow of Love".
Track listing
- "The Shadow of Love" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 3:51
- "Nightshift" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
7-inch Double Pack:
- "The Shadow Of Love" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
- "Nightshift" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
- "Let there Be Rats" (Scabies)
- "Wiped Out' (Scabies)
10-inch version:
- "The Shadow of Love (Ten Inches of Hell Mix)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 6:32
- "Nightshift" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
- "Would You" (Mason, Scabies, Jugg, Vanian, Merrick)
12-inch version:
- "The Shadow of Love (Pressure Mix)" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick) - 6:32
- "Nightshift" (Jugg, Scabies, Vanian, Merrick)
- "Would You" (Mason, Scabies, Jugg, Vanian, Merrick)
Production credits
- Producers
- Jon Kelly on "The Shadow of Love"
- The Damned on "Nightshift" and "Would You"
- Musicians
- Dave Vanian − vocals
- Rat Scabies − drums
- Roman Jugg − guitar, keyboards
- Bryn Merrick − bass
- Vivian Mason – vocals on "Would You"
References
External links
- "The Shadow of Love" at Discogs (list of releases)
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- Dave Vanian
- Captain Sensible
- Monty Oxymoron
- Rat Scabies
- Paul Gray
- Brian James
- Lu Edmonds
- Algy Ward
- Roman Jugg
- Bryn Merrick
- Moose Harris
- Patricia Morrison
- Stu West
- Henry Badowski
- Jon Moss
- Lemmy
- Gary Holton
- Garrie Dreadful
- Spike Smith
- Pinch
- William Granville-Taylor
- Damned Damned Damned
- Music for Pleasure
- Machine Gun Etiquette
- The Black Album
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- Phantasmagoria
- Anything
- Not of This Earth
- Grave Disorder
- So, Who's Paranoid?
- Evil Spirits
- Darkadelic
- Light at the End of the Tunnel
- The Radio One Sessions
- Smash It Up: The Anthology 1976–1987
- Black Is the Night: The Definitive Anthology
- Friday 13th
- Testify
- The Rockfield Files
- "New Rose"
- "Neat Neat Neat"
- "Stretcher Case Baby"
- "Problem Child"
- "Don't Cry Wolf"
- "Love Song"
- "Smash It Up"
- "I Just Can't Be Happy Today"
- "White Rabbit"
- "The History of the World (Part 1)"
- "There Ain't No Sanity Clause"
- "Wait for the Blackout"
- "Lovely Money"
- "Dozen Girls"
- "Lively Arts"
- "Generals"
- "Thanks for the Night"
- "Grimly Fiendish"
- "The Shadow of Love"
- "Is It a Dream?"
- "Eloise"
- "Anything"
- "Gigolo"
- "Alone Again Or"
- "In Dulce Decorum"
- "Fun Factory"
- "Prokofiev"
- "Shut It"
- "Little Miss Disaster"
- "Standing On the Edge of Tomorrow"
- "Devil in Disguise"
- "Look Left"
- "Procrastination"
- Band members
- Discography
- "Nasty"
- The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
- Stiff Records