"Let There Be Love" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds and first single from their ninth studio album, Real Life (1991). The song was written by Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr and released by Virgin Records on 11 March 1991, with the twelve-inch single and CD single including a live rendition of "Alive and Kicking".
During the week of 30 March 1991, "Let There Be Love" was added to 22 European hit radio stations that week, which at that point was the greatest number of weekly adds in that format for 1991. The song became an international hit, reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was the most successful in Italy, where it peaked at number one. The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.
Alan Jones of Music Week designated the song as their pick of the week for the 16 March 1991 edition of the publication and called it a "brilliant return to chart duty after an absence of more than a year."
Contents
Track listings
7-inch and cassette single
"Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
"Good Night" – 3:10
12-inch single
"Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
"Good Night" – 3:10
"Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
"Alive and Kicking" (live, Verona 1989) – 3:51
CD single
"Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
"Good Night" – 3:10
"Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
"Alive and Kicking" (live, Verona 1989) – 3:51
CD single + collectors box
"Let There Be Love" (edited album mix) – 4:24
"Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
"East at Easter" (live, Verona 1989) – 6:12
Personnel
Written by Burchill & Kerr, except "Alive and Kicking" and "East at Easter" written by Simple Minds
Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
Edited by Moraes, Mendelsohn and Lipson
"Alive and Kicking" and "East at Easter" recorded Live at L'Arena, Verona 14/15 September 1989 by the Fleetwood Mobile
Published by Virgin Music Publishers Ltd. except "Alive and Kicking"
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd