Slave to Love

"Slave to Love"
"Slave to Love"
Single by Bryan Ferry
from the album Boys and Girls
Released	28 April 1985
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:59 (7″ mix); 5:56 (12″ extended mix); 4:26 (album version)
Label	E.G. Records
Songwriter(s)	Bryan Ferry
Producer(s)	Bryan Ferry; Rhett Davies
Bryan Ferry singles chronology
Music video
	"Slave to Love" on YouTube

"Slave to Love" is the first single released from Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry's 1985 release, Boys and Girls. The song is one of Ferry's most popular solo hits. The single was released on 28 April 1985 and spent nine weeks in the UK charts in 1985, peaking at number 10. Over two months later he would perform the song at Live Aid in the London concert at Wembley Stadium.

The song features Neil Hubbard and Keith Scott on lead guitar,^[1] Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Omar Hakim on drums, and Tony Levin on bass guitar.

Music video[]

A promo video directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and featuring the Swedish model Christine Bergström, the French model Laurence Treil ,the Dutch model Marpessa Hennink, Jillian King, Fabrice Langlade, Olivier Poivre and Richard Teophile was shot to promote the single. The cinematographer was Pascal Lebegue.

Track listings[]

7"[]

"Slave to Love"
"Valentine" (Instrumental)

12" UK Single: E'G Records / FERRx 1 881873-1[]

"Slave to Love" (Special 12" Re-Mix) – 5:56
"Slave to Love" (Instrumental) – 4:23
"Valentine" (Instrumental) – 4:00

Charts[]

Chart (1985)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[2]	29
Canadian Singles Chart	76
UK Singles Chart	10
Irish Singles Chart	8
German Singles Chart	30
Swiss Singles Chart^[3]	18
Dutch Top 40	33
French Singles Chart	45
Belgian Singles Chart	10
Norwegian Singles Chart	5
Australian Singles Chart	29
New Zealand Singles Chart	11

Use in media[]

The song appears in the film Bitter Moon where Emmanuelle Seigner (Mimi) dances to it with Kristin Scott Thomas (Fiona) at the New Year's Eve Ball scene aboard the cruise ship. ¨
The song appears in the film Exit to Eden.
The song appears in the film Fire with Fire where Virginia Madsen (Lisa) dances to it with Craig Sheffer (Joe)
The song appears on the soundtrack to the film 9½ Weeks.
The song was used in series 17 of the BBC Silent Witness, "In a Lonely Place" part 2.^[4]
The song was used in a scene of the TV show Pose, Season 1, Episode 2.
The song was used in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service.
The song was used in the film Abduction.
The song was used in a scene of the TV show Prodigal Son (TV series), Season 2, Episode 9.

References[]

^ http://www.vivaroxymusic.com/songs_430.php
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ hitparade.ch
^ "Series 17, In a Lonely Place Episode 2 of 2". BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] ttp://www.vivaroxymusic.com/songs_430.php

[2] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[3] tparade.ch

[4] "Series 17, In a Lonely Place Episode 2 of 2". BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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