"Who Needs Love Like That" is the debut single released by British synth pop duo Erasure

Erasure

Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell. Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That"...

. The song was released in the UK on Mute Records

Mute Records

Mute is an independent record label based in the UK. It was founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller and featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Goldfrapp, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure and Fad Gadget.-Beginnings:...

 in 1985 as a prelude to their debut album Wonderland.

History

"Who Needs Love Like That" is an uptempo pop song written by Vince Clarke. The lyrics are a cast-off to a destructive love relationship, in which the protagonist asks "who needs love like that?" The music video takes place in a mock Western, with Clarke, Andy Bell

Andy Bell (singer)

Andrew Ivan "Andy" Bell is the lead singer of the English synthpop duo Erasure. He also has a solo career, with the albums Non-Stop and Electric Blue.-Early life:Andy Bell originates from the Dogsthorpe area in Peterborough...

 and various extras dressed as cowboys. Both Bell and Clarke appear in dual roles, the others being woman's drags

Drag (clothing)

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Upon its release, the song spent two weeks in the UK singles chart

UK Singles Chart

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, peaking at number fifty-five. In 1992, the song was remix

Remix

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ed and tacked on to the end of Erasure's greatest hits collection Pop! - the First 20 Hits

Pop! - the First 20 Hits

Pop! The First 20 Hits is a greatest hits collection from Erasure, released in 1992 by Mute Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the U.S...

(although in the U.S.

United States

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 it only appears on the cassette release). The "Hamburg Mix" (slightly retitled to put "Like That" in parenthesis) was released as a single and became a Top 10 UK hit, peaking at number ten.

12" single (12MUTE40)

1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
2. "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
3. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

Limited 12" single (L12MUTE40)

1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Mexican Mix)
2. "Push Me Shove Me" (Tacos Mix)

12" US single (SIRE 0-20404)

1. "Who Needs Love Like That" (The Love That Mix Version) 6:08
2. "Push Me Shove Me" (That Rough and Tumble Mix) 5:46
3. "Heavenly Action" (A Divine Mix) 6:43
4. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Single Edit) 3:03

CD Single (CDMUTE40)

1. "Who Needs Love Like That"
2. "Push Me Shove Me"
3. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Legend Mix)
4. "Push Me Shove Me" (Extended as Far as Possible Mix)
5. "Who Needs Love Like That" (Instrumental Workout Mix)

7" single (MUTE150) / Cassette single (CMUTE150)

1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
2. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Single Edit)

12" single (12MUTE150)

1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
2. "Ship of Fools" (Orbital
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    Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
3. "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling
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   Mix)

CD single (CDMUTE150)

1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Hamburg Mix)
2. "The Soldier's Return"
3. "Don't Say No"
4. "The Circus" (Gladiator Mix)

Limited CD single (LCDMUTE150)

1. "Who Needs Love (Like That)" (Phil Kelsey Mix)
2. "Ship of Fools" (Orbital Southsea Isles of Holy Beats Mix)
3. "Sometimes" (Danny Rampling Mix)

Original release

Chart (1985/1986)	Peak position
French Singles Chart	10
German Singles Chart	48
Swiss Singles Chart	23
UK Singles Chart	55
U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales Chart	13

Hamburg Mix release (1992)

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Austrian Singles Chart	18
German Singles Chart	27
Irish Singles Chart	8
Swedish Singles Chart	31
UK Singles Chart	10