Love in Motion (song)
| "Love in Motion" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1981 Australian 7" release | ||||
| Single by Icehouse | ||||
| B-side | "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews" | |||
| Released | October 1981 | |||
| Recorded | July 1981 | |||
| Studio | London | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:41 (1981)
4:45 (1992) 3:29 (1992 edit) | |||
| Label | Regular | |||
| Songwriter | Iva Davies | |||
| Producers | ||||
| Icehouse singles chronology | ||||
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"Love in Motion" is the first new material released by the Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse as a 7" vinyl single-only in October 1981 on Regular Records for the Australian market.[1] The band had been known as Flowers until 27 June 1981 after which they changed their name to Icehouse,[2] they had signed to Chrysalis Records and most of Flowers' material was released under the new name into Europe, UK and US markets.[1] "Love in Motion" peaked at #10 on the Australian singles charts.[3] The B-side, "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews" was included on the 1982 album Primitive Man with "Love in Motion" included on the Chrysalis Records US / European versions of the album, the UK 1983 version of the album was re-titled Love in Motion.
Both tracks of the single were written by the Flowers/Icehouse founder and mainstay Iva Davies[4] who recorded the tracks while Icehouse were on tour in London using the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5,[1][5] and produced them with Steve Nye[6](who was at the time recording theTin Drum album with the band Japan).
In an interview in Roadrunner magazine in November 1981, Davies stated "Love in Motion" was initially intended as a B-side to "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews", but the song turned out so well consideration was then given to a double-A single release.[7]
Rereleases
In 1992, Icehouse released Masterfile, a compilation album on Massive Records, which included a new version of "Love in Motion", being a duet between Iva Davies and Christina Amphlett (of Divinyls), the duet version was also released as a CD-single. In 1994 an Icehouse remix album Full Circle featured a 6:12 remix of the Amphlett vocal version, retitled 'Slow Motion'.
A 1996 Icehouse compilation was called Love in Motion and released by dIVA / Massive Records.
The Wicked Beat Sound System remix was released on the Icehouse album Meltdown in 2002.[8]
Reception
Reviewing the 1992 remix at the time of release, Juke said, "Hasn't the 80s electroglam, glum, soft rock sound dated badly? Old Iva, self-proclaimed reclusive genius, has decided to revamp and rerelease this 1981 hit. The tragedy is retro radio will probably gobble it up.[9]
Track listing
All tracks written by Iva Davies.[4]
1981 single (Australian/NZ release)
- "Love in Motion" - 3:41
- "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews" - 4:00
1992 single (featuring Christina Amphlett)
- "Love in Motion" (single edit) - 3:29
- "Love in Motion" (7" with Lenin version) - 4:12
- "Crazy" (original version) - 3:23
- "Love in Motion" (original Laswell version) 4:48
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1981) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Australian (Kent Music Report)[10][11] | 10 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] | 35 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1981) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[10] | 96 |
References
- 1 2 3 McFarlane, Ian (1999). Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop (doc). Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86448-768-2. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ↑ Davies, Neville. "The Icehouse story - early years". Spellbound fanzine. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1970 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988.
- 1 2 "APRA search engine". APRA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-30. Note: requires user to input song title e.g. LOVE IN MOTION
- ↑ "Artist: Icehouse". Warner Music Australia. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "The Flowers / Icehouse". Australian Rock Database. Passagen.se (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Roadrunner, November 1981 (Vol. 4, no. 10)". University of Wollongong Archives. November 1981. Retrieved 2026-06-19.
- ↑ "Meltdown credits". allmusic guide. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
- ↑ Stephen Walker (28 December 1992). "singles". Juke Magazine. No. 922.
- 1 2 "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022 – via Imgur.
- ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 147. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ↑ "Flowers – Love in Motion". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
