The song was included in the setlist for The Pacific Age tour although does not seem to have been performed since either by the 1990s or the re-formed line-up. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - We Love You Live performances
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It was filmed on the first night of The Pacific Age tour at the Birmingham Odeon on 21 October 1986 (specially staged performance in the afternoon plus live audience performance in the evening). The 12" version was however included as a 'bonus track' on The Best of OMD (1988) and the promo video features on the DVD included with Messages: OMD Greatest Hits.Ī promo video was shot for the single featuring the six-member group line-up in a 'live' context on stage in front of an audience. The single also failed to chart in the US, despite the success of both If You Leave and (Forever) Live and Die in the Billboard charts the same year.ĭue to its relatively poor commercial performance, the song was not included on any singles compilation until the 'definitive' Souvenir in 2019. It was the group's poorest chart result since Never Turn Away in 1984. We Love You entered the UK Charts at no.62 a week after its release and gradually peaked at no.54 three weeks later. 19 November 1986 (pic.right) although the single was not reviewed. Lyrics to the song featured in Smash Hits, dtd. , p.11 the same page carries ad ad for the single) OMD have learnt their lesson of their success in the States.", mentioning, ".a raunchier edge to their music now." although concluding it was " Predictable". Writing in Record Mirror, Jim Reid noted in the review of the single how ".
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A limited edition 2x7" in gatefold sleeve was also released, as was a limited edition 7" with free cassette, entitled 'Retro', featuring four older tracks plus the two versions of We Love You (see Tracklistings below). We Love You was released in 7" & 12" formats with the customary extended version on 12", although unusually the single does not feature a unique B-side song, preferring a 'dub' version of the lead track on both formats. A very catchy chorus and a possible single." Single release In the October 1986 OMD newsletter the group describe We Love You as " Our best (or worse.) use of heavy metal guitars on a fast dance pop song. But here we are in trouble /Like we always are / Just praying for a miracle / And reaching for stars". It also reflects the somewhat fickle public taste towards their music and image: ". we love you, die for you.we miss you, far away" and expresses their gratitude: " Yet here we are in heaven / who could want for more / We always end up getting what we're asking for". It is thought to have been dedicated to the fans of the group who had stuck with them throughout the years, ". Instrumentation is typical of the album with use of synthesised bass, a sampled guitar riff and sampler type keyboard sounds. We Love You is an uptempo dance song with a strong beat and chorus which, uncharacteristically, repeats the title throughout. In a 1986 interview AM & PH state that the song was originally written " for another film" and it was one of four songs which had been left over " from last time".