1989 Simply Red – It’s Only Love (US:#57 UK:#13)
“It’s Only Love Doing Its Thing” is a track featured on Barry White’s album The Man. British soul band Simply Red later covered the song, under the shortened title “It’s Only Love”, as the lead single for their third studio album, A New Flame. The Simply Red cover had its greatest success by charting at number one in Italy. The song later features in several greatest-hits albums and a ballad collection of the same name, and it remains a live favorite.
Album
A New Flame is the third album by British pop group Simply Red, released in February 1989. It was a huge success worldwide, becoming the band’s first UK number one album and certified 7x Platinum by the BPI for sales of 2,100,000 copies in the UK alone. The album was also certified Gold in the […]
Musicians
| Bass | Tony Bowers |
| Drums | Chris Joyce |
| Guitar | Heitor Pereira |
| Keyboards | Fritz Mcintyre |
| Keyboards | Tim Kellett |
| Synthesizer | Erik Hanson |
| Synthesizer | Larry Williams |
| Sax | Ian Kirkham |
| Trumpet | Tim Kellett |
| Percussion | Lenny Castro |
| Background Vocals | Fritz Mcintyre |
| Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
| Vocals | Mick Hucknall |
Produced By
Stewart Levine
Songwriters
Jimmie Cameron
Vella Cameron
Charts
US:#57
UK:#13