Love Is the Drug

"Love Is the Drug"
"Love Is the Drug"
Single by Roxy Music
from the album Siren
B-side	"Sultanesque"
Released	26 September 1975
Genre	Progressive pop; funk; glam rock; disco; plastic soul;
Length	4:11
Label	EG
Songwriter(s)	Bryan Ferry; Andy Mackay;
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
Roxy Music singles chronology
Music video
	"Love Is the Drug" on YouTube

"Love Is the Drug" is a 1975 song by English rock band Roxy Music. It is the leading single from their fifth studio album Siren. It went to number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 3 in Canada, number 30 in the United States, number 18 in Australia, number 24 in New Zealand, number 9 in the Netherlands and number 15 in Belgium. It was covered by Jamaican singer Grace Jones in 1980.

References

↑ "BPI certifications for Roxy Music".
↑ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2000). Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s. St. Martin's Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.
↑ Gill, Andy (16 April 2015). "Roxy Music – The Studio Albums". Uncut. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
↑ Mastropolo, Frank (12 January 2018). "Top 11 Glam Rock Songs". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
↑ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. ...prog-rock radio went for it despite its disco beat and attitude...
↑ Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. "Love Is the Drug" picks up on David Bowie's plastic soul phase and drives it straight to the singles' bar.

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[1] "BPI certifications for Roxy Music".

[2] Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2000). Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s. St. Martin's Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3.

[3] Gill, Andy (16 April 2015). "Roxy Music – The Studio Albums". Uncut. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.

[4] Mastropolo, Frank (12 January 2018). "Top 11 Glam Rock Songs". Rock Cellar Magazine. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[5] Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. ...prog-rock radio went for it despite its disco beat and attitude...

[6] Pitchfork Staff (August 22, 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 13, 2022. "Love Is the Drug" picks up on David Bowie's plastic soul phase and drives it straight to the singles' bar.

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