"Love Resurrection" is a pop song written by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet , is an English singer, songwriter and performer noted for her bluesy voice.Her UK album sales have reached a certified 2.3 million, with 800,000 singles sold, all in the UK, where all seven of her studio albums and three compilation albums have charted in the Top 40 UK Album Chart,...

 and producers Jolley & Swain

Jolley & Swain

Steve Jolley and Tony Swain were a successful pop musician, songwriting and record production duo in the United Kingdom in the early to mid-1980s, producing some of the top artists and songs of the era....

 for Moyet's debut studio album Alf

Alf (album)

Alf is the debut solo studio album of British singer/songwriter Alison Moyet, her first since leaving 80s electro-pop duo Yazoo...

(1984). Released as the album's first single in June 1984, it reached number 10 in the UK. It was released in the US in summer 1985 following "Invisible" and reached number 82 on the Bilboard Hot 100 that August.

Music Video

There are two versions of the music video. The first version, made for the worldwide single release, shows Moyet at a Middle Eastern encampment somewhere in the desert. As she wanders through, the camera pans across the barren landscape and zooms in on a skull figure.

The second version, made for the American market, showed a more softer side to Moyet following the breakup of Yazoo. The video shows Moyet, dressed all in white, performing the song in a darkened venue with a backup band in front of a small audience.

Versions

• "Love Resurrection" (Album Version) - 5:31
• "Love Resurrection" (Single Version) - 3:49
• "Love Resurrection" (Love Injected Mix a.k.a. Long Version) - 8:50
• "Love Resurrection" (US Long Version) - 5:31

Chart performance

Chart (1984)	Peak position
Belgian Singles Chart	15
Canadian Singles Chart	39
Dutch Singles Chart	26
Irish Singles Chart	8
Italian Singles Chart	6
UK Singles Chart	10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	82
U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart	47
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Chart	49

Cover versions

A dance/pop cover in the genre of Gospel music was released on inspirational US singer Kim Boyce's debut album in 1986. There were minor lyric changes to the song to incorporate it into the Gospel genre.

A dance cover by D'Lux was released in June 1996 and reached number 58 in the UK charts.

In 2009

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 UK band Aurora

Aurora (band)

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 released their version, with vocals by Amanda Wilson

Amanda Wilson

Amanda Wilson , is a British singer in the UK house music act, Freemasons. As part of the act she has scored two major UK hit singles, one of which went on to success in several European charts, and the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart....

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