Love's Great Adventure

"Love's Great Adventure" is a single released by Ultravox on 12 October 1984.^[1] Having enjoyed massive radio airplay that autumn, the single became Ultravox's thirteenth Top 30 single in Britiain, and was their last major hit in the UK, peaking at #12 in the UK Singles Chart.^[2] The style of this single is different from any of their preceding Lament singles, aiming for a more lightweight, pop-oriented approach.

The music video features the band members in a humorous parody of Indiana Jones, with Midge Ure being chased across deserts and forests by a ruthless treasure hunter. Midge Ure stated in his autobiography, If I Was, that the aim of the single and its video was to promote Ultravox as having a sense of humour, away from the seriousness of their previous releases. Also in the video is Ure's future wife Annabel Giles. The music in the video stops halfway through where a seemingly exhausted Midge Ure, tired from minutes of endless running around has to sit down for a moment and take a breather. He rests for a moment then takes a breath before standing up recovered and continuing with the song at which point the music starts up once again.

The song, based on a riff for a Levi's jeans commercial which was not taken up by the company, was not released on a studio album, instead appearing on their 1984 compilation album The Collection.

Track listing

7" version

"Love's Great Adventure" – 3:04
"White China (Live)" – 3:43

12" version

"Love's Great Adventure (Extended Version)" – 5:40
"White China (Live)" – 3:43
"Man Of Two Worlds (Instrumental)" – 4:32

References

↑ "Record News". NME. London, England: IPC Media: 51. 6 October 1984.
↑ "Chart Stats - Ultravox - Love's Great Adventure". Retrieved 9 January 2010.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Ultravox

Chris Cross Warren Cann Billy Currie Midge Ure John Foxx Stevie Shears Robin Simon Mark Brzezicki Tony Fenelle Gerry Laffy Neal Wilkinson Jackie Williams Sam Blue Vinny Burns Tony Holmes Gary Williams

Studio albums	Ultravox! Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Systems of Romance Vienna Rage in Eden Quartet Lament U-Vox Revelation Ingenuity Brilliant

Live albums	Monument

Compilation albums	Three into One The Collection Rare, Vol. 1 Rare, Vol. 2 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes Extended Ultravox The Island Years The Best of Ultravox Finest

Extended plays	Retro

Singles	"Young Savage" "ROckWrok" "Frozen Ones" "Quiet Men" "Sleepwalk" "Passing Strangers" "Vienna" "All Stood Still" "The Thin Wall" "The Voice" "Reap the Wild Wind" "Hymn" "Visions in Blue" "We Came to Dance" "One Small Day" "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" "Lament" "Love's Great Adventure" "All Fall Down" "All in One Day" "Vienna 92"

Related	Discography Tiger Lily Brian Eno Steve Lillywhite Conny Plank Visage Messengers

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