Let Love Rule (song)

"Let Love Rule"
"Let Love Rule"
Single by Lenny Kravitz
from the album Let Love Rule
Released	July 23, 1989
Recorded	1988
Genre	Neo-psychedelia; funk rock;
Length	5:42 (album version); 3:42 (7" edit);
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Producer(s)	Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz singles chronology

"Let Love Rule" is the 1989 debut single by Lenny Kravitz and appeared on his debut studio album, Let Love Rule (1989).^[1] The song charted at number 23 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, and number 5 on the US Modern Rock charts. Then-wife Lisa Bonet appears in the video for the single.

In April 2009, a remix of the song by the French house duo Justice, was released^[2] to help promote the 20th anniversary deluxe edition of the album.

The song is available as a download for Rock Band and Guitar Hero 5.

Track listings[]

CD / 12"

"Let Love Rule" – 5:42
"Empty Hands" – 4:42
"Blues For Sister Someone" – 3:00
"Flower Child" – 2:56

CD / 12" another version

"Let Love Rule" – 5:42
"Cold Turkey" (Live) at Los Angeles – 5:25
"My Precious Love" (Live) at New York – 3:00

7"

A. "Let Love Rule"
B. "Empty Hands"

Limited Edition 10"

A. "Let Love Rule" – 5:39
B1. "If Six Were Nine" – 6:44
B2. "My Precious Love" – 7:08

Charts[]

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[3]	92
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[4]	23
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[5]	26
UK Singles (OCC)	39
US Billboard Hot 100	89

Members[]

Lenny Kravitz – vocals, guitar, bass, drums
Henry Hirsch – organ
Karl Denson – saxophone

References[]

^ "Let Love Rule". Discogs. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-04-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1990-08-18. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Lenny Kravitz" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

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[1] "Let Love Rule". Discogs. Retrieved 27 June 2018.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-04-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1990-08-18. Retrieved 2021-06-20.

[sc_Dutch40_Lenny_Kravitz-4] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Lenny Kravitz" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.

[sc_Dutch100_Lenny_Kravitz-5] "Dutchcharts.nl – Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.

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hide v t Lenny Kravitz singles
Let Love Rule	"Let Love Rule" (1989) "I Build This Garden for Us" (1990) "Mr. Cab Driver" (1990)
Mama Said	"Always on the Run" (featuring Slash) (1991) "It Ain't Over 'til It's Over" (1991) "Fields of Joy" (1991) "Stand by My Woman" (1991) "What the Fuck Are We Saying?" (1991)
Are You Gonna Go My Way	"Are You Gonna Go My Way" (1993) "Believe" (1993) "Heaven Help" (1993) "Is There Any Love in Your Heart" (1993) "Heaven Help" / "Spinning Around Over You" (1994)
Circus	"Rock and Roll Is Dead" (1995) "Circus" (1995) "Can't Get You Off My Mind" (1996) "The Resurrection" (1996)
5	"If You Can't Say No" (1998) "Thinking of You" (1998) "I Belong to You" (1998) "Fly Away" (1998) "American Woman" (1999) "Black Velveteen" (1999)
Greatest Hits	"Black Velveteen" (1999) "Again" (2000)
Lenny	"Dig In" (2001) "Stillness of Heart" (2002) "Believe in Me" (2002) "If I Could Fall in Love" (2002) "Yesterday Is Gone (My Dear Kay)" (2002)
Baptism	"Where Are We Runnin'?" (2004) "California" (2004) "Calling All Angels" (2004) "Lady" (2005)
It Is Time for a Love Revolution	"Bring It On" (2007) "I'll Be Waiting" (2008) "Love Love Love" (2008) "Dancin' Til Dawn" (2008)
Black and White America	"Come On Get It" (2011) "Stand" (2011) "Rock Star City Life" (2011) "Black and White America" (2011) "Push" (2011)
Strut	"The Chamber" (2014) "Sex" (2014) "New York City" (2014) "Dirty White Boots" (2014) "The Pleasure and the Pain" (2015)
Raise Vibration	"It's Enough!" (2018) "Low" (2018) "5 More Days 'Til Summer" (2018) "Johnny Cash" (2019) "Here to Love" (2019) "Ride" (2020)
Soundtracks	"American Woman" (1999)
Other singles	"The Buddha of Suburbia" (vs. David Bowie) (1993) "Deuce" (featuring Stevie Wonder) (1994) "Show Me Your Soul" (2003) "Storm" (2004) "Breathe" (2005) "(I Can't Make It) Another Day" (featuring Michael Jackson) (2010) "Superlove" (vs. Avicii) (2012) "Strut" (2014)
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