Let There Be Love (Simple Minds song)

"Let There Be Love"
Single by Simple Minds
from the album Real Life
B-side	"Good Night"
Released	1991
Format	CD single, CD maxi, 7" single, 12" maxi
Recorded	1991
Genre	Pop rock, post-punk
Length	4:44
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr
Producer(s)	Stephen Lipson
Simple Minds singles chronology
"The Amsterdam EP" (1989) "Let There Be Love" (1991) "See the Lights" (1991)

"Let There Be Love" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds and first single from their 1991 album Real Life.

The song was written by Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr and released by Virgin Records; it became an international hit, reaching the Top 10 in Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Switzerland, it also reached #1 in Italy.

Australian band Icehouse covered the song for their album The Berlin Tapes in 1995.

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.^[1]

Track listings

7" & Cassette Single

1. "Let There Be Love" [7" Mix] - 4:44
2. "Goodnight" - 3:10

12" Single

1. "Let There Be Love" [Extended Mix] - 8:15
2. "Good Night" - 3:10
3. "Let There Be Love" [7" Mix] - 4:44
4. "Alive and Kicking" [Live, Verona 1989] - 3:51

CD Single

1. "Let There Be Love" [7" Mix] - 4:44
2. "Good Night" - 3:10
3. "Let There Be Love" [Extended Mix] - 8:15
4. "Alive and Kicking" [Live, Verona 1989] - 3:51

CD Single + Collectors Box

1. "Let There Be Love" [Edited Album Mix] - 4:24
2. "Let There Be Love" [Extended Mix] - 8:15
3. "East At Easter" [Live, Verona 1989] - 6:12

Personnel

• Written by Burchill & Kerr, except "Alive & Kicking" and "East At Easter" written by Simple Minds.
• Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn.
• Edited by Moraes, Mendelsohn and Lipson.
• "Alive & Kicking" and "East At Easter" recorded Live at L'Arena, Verona 14/15 September 1989 by the Fleetwood Mobile.
• Published by Virgin Music Publishers Ltd. except "Alive & Kicking"
• Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1991) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 15 Dutch Top 40[3] 4 French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 23 German Singles Chart[4] 16 Irish Singles Chart[5] 5 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[2] 48 Swedish Singles Chart[2] 9 Swiss Singles Chart[2] 7 UK Singles Chart[6] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position Dutch Top 40[3] 47

References

1. Garcia, Alex S. "mvdbase.com - Simple Minds - "Let there be love"". Music Video DataBase. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
2. "Let There Be Love", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved May 2, 2009)
3. "Single top 100 over 1991" (PDF) (in Dutch). Top40. Archived from the original (pdf) on March 30, 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
4. German Singles Chart Musicline.de (Retrieved May 2, 2009)
5. Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2009-06-03 at WebCite (Retrieved May 2, 2009)
6. "Let There Be Love", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved May 2, 2009)

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics