What About Love

"What About Love" is a song by American band 'Til Tuesday, which was released in 1986 as the lead single from their second studio album Welcome Home. The song was written by Aimee Mann and produced by Rhett Davies. "What About Love" peaked at No. 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Background 'Til Tuesday wanted "Coming Up Close" to be the first single from Welcome Home, rather than "What About Love". Mann told The Atlanta Constitution in 1986, "I really love 'Coming Up Close' and we did want it to be the first single. But we sort of realized that 'What About Love' was more immediate." She described "What About Love" as a "radio song". The album and its two singles achieved modest commercial success in the United States but did not live up to the expectations of Epic Records or the band. Music video The song's music video was directed and produced by Ken Ross and Richard Levine. It was filmed on an estate in Upstate New York. To achieve the desired effects, the video was shot using both a 35mm camera and a Super 8. The video achieved power rotation on MTV. Critical reception On its release, Billboard described "What About Love" as an "easygoing dance tune" and a "pretty pop song that bites". They added that the song "gets its impact from Mann's sharp-focus lead". Bill Novak of The Sheboygan Press gave the single a two and a half out of four star rating and commented, "Not a very imaginative single, but the vocals are good and the musicians are adequate." Music & Media considered the song to be "a moody number with a good build-up that, considering the success of Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away', could do well in Europe."