Love Like Blood (song)

"Love Like Blood" is Killing Joke's second single from their fifth studio album, Night Time. Produced by Chris Kimsey, it is perhaps the most recognized Killing Joke song to date.[3]



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[hide]  *1 Releases  ==Releases[ edit] == "Love Like Blood" was originally released in January, 1985 under E'G Records as a 12" in the UK, and a 12" maxi single inGermany. The 7" single under E’G Records was released in the UK, The Netherlands, and Germany. Polydor also released a 12" single in The Netherlands and a 12" maxi single in France. E’G Records' 12" and 12" maxi singles’ A-sides featured the track "Love Like Blood (version)", a track different from the studio version of "Love Like Blood", and the radio version of "Love Like Blood" and "Blue Feather (version)" as the B-side, the same track list of Polydor’s release. E’G Record’s 12" maxi single, released in Germany, featured the same tracks, as did Polydor’s maxi single released in France. E’G Record’s 7” single exempted "Love Like Blood (version)" and instead featured the radio-version of "Love Like Blood" as the A-side. E’G Records also released "Love Like Blood (Gestalt Mix)" in the UK as a 12" single. It replaced "Love Like Blood (version)" with the remix as an A-side and was limited to only 2000 copies. It later appeared in the 2008 reissue ofNight Time, along with a completely different version of "Blue Feather" that did not appear on any of the releases of "Love Like Blood". "Love Like Blood" was reissued in 1998 as a live remix with the remix of the song, "Intellect", from Killing Joke’s eleventh studio album, Democracy. It was released as a 12" single under Butterfly Records.[4] ==Reception[ edit] == "Love Like Blood" was an international hit and defined who Killing Joke were in the 1980s. Allmusic stated:[5] ==Influence[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">"Love Like Blood" has been covered by several bands, and has been featured in several compilations featuring other various artists. The German gothic rock band, Love Like Blood, took their name from this song. ==Charts<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Dead by April version<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 2010 the Swedish alternative metal band Dead by April released a cover version of "Love Like Blood" as a stand alone single. The single was released May 10th 2010 to iTunes. The single was released as a double A-side single including the previously unreleased track "Love Like Blood", taken from their compilation album Stronger released on January 24, 2011 and the previously released track "Promise Me" released on their debut album Dead by April released on May 13, 2009. No music videos were made for either of the tracks. "Love Like Blood" was the first track recorded by the band with their new singer Zandro Santiago. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[11] ===Digital single<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * 2 Reception
 * 3 Influence
 * 4 Charts
 * 5 Dead by April version
 * 5.1 Digital single
 * 6 References
 * 7 External links