Love in Motion (song)
1981 single by Icehouse
"Love in Motion" is the first release by the Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse following their name change from Flowers. The song was issued as a 7" vinyl single-only in October 1981 on Regular Records for the Australian market. "Love in Motion" peaked at #10 on the Australian singles charts.
Both tracks of the single were written by Icehouse founder and mainstay Iva Davies who recorded the tracks while Icehouse were on tour in London using the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, and produced them with Steve Nye(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.
Re-releases
A new version of "Goodnight, Mr. Matthews" was included on the 1982 Icehouse album Primitive Man. Some editions of the Primitive Man album internationally (via Chrysalis Records) also contained a new version of "Love in Motion". In 1983 this version of the song also became the album's title track when it was re-released as Love in Motion.
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