We Got Love (Real Thing)
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| "We Got Love" | ||||
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| Single by The Real Thing | ||||
| Released | October 1984 | |||
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| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | Nick Martinelli | |||
| The Real Thing singles chronology | ||||
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"We Got Love" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Terry Britten that was first recorded by British soul group, The Real Thing.[1][2] It was produced by the American R&B and pop record producer, Nick Martinelli, and released on the RCA label, both as a 7-inch single, and a 12-inch extended play version, in October 1984.[3]
The lyrics of the song discuss love being more important than riches and wealth, and fame being meaningless.
Reception
It received positive reviews from the mainstream music press. Music Week described the song (and their debut on the RCA label) as "another veteran (and home-grown) dancefloor mak[ing] a welcome reappearance in the shape of Real Thing with We Got Love... produced in Philadelphia by the ubiquitous Nick Martinelli,... [it] could well be a step back towards their old consistency for the scouse soulsters."[4][5] On his weekly disco page for Record Mirror, James Hamilton wrote the following: "[the] Latest to benefit from a visit to Nick Martinelli in Philadelphia, the guys sound quite soulful... hoarsely harmonizing in unison to a nagging 103bpm beat (the tempo makes it) with nice scat break".[6] It was already play listed on at least 10 of the UK's most prominent radio stations by late October,[7] as well as being played on Italian radio.[8][9]
Charts
The song entered the top 200 of the UK Singles Chart as compiled by Gallup[10] on 13 October 1984 and spent six weeks on the chart peaking at number 118.[11] The song also was a dance floor hit,[12] with a three week stretch on the Record Mirror Disco Chart where it peaked at number 58,[13][14][15] and debuted in the top 50 of the Music Week "Top Disco & Dance Songs" chart for the week including November 4, 1984, receiving playlisting by 15 radio stations.[4] The song also charted at number 34 on the DJ Nightclub chart.[16]