This Is Not a Love Song

"This Is Not a Love Song" is a single released by the English post-punk band Public Image Ltd in 1983. It is the band's biggest commercial hit, peaking at No. 5 on the UK singles chart and at No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart.

B-side

• "Public Image"
• "Blue Water"

Released5 September 1983^[1]

Genre

• Post-punk
• punk rock
• dance-punk
• indie rock
• new wave
• avant-funk
• alternative dance

Length

• 3:30 (7" edit)
• 4:27 (12" version)
• 4:12 (album version)

Quick facts Single by Public Image Ltd, from the album ...

"This Is Not a Love Song"
Single by Public Image Ltd
from the album This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get
B-side	"Public Image" "Blue Water"
Released	5 September 1983[1]
Genre	Post-punk punk rock dance-punk indie rock new wave avant-funk alternative dance
Length	3:30 (7" edit) 4:27 (12" version) 4:12 (album version)
Label	Virgin VS 529
Songwriters	John Lydon Keith Levene Martin Atkins
Producers	Public Image Ltd Bob Miller
Public Image Ltd singles chronology
"Flowers of Romance" (1981) "This Is Not a Love Song" (1983) "Bad Life" (1984)
Alternative cover
12" cover

Close

The 12" remixed version of the song is featured on Commercial Zone as "Love Song". A re-recorded version of the song is featured on PiL's fourth studio album This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get and includes a horn section.^[2]