BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1984
New 2015 Re-Rip!
Meticulously Remastered!
First time in 24bit Flac!
Originally posted February 12, 2011
“Love Kills” is a song by Freddie Mercury, and his first song recorded as a solo artist. It was originally used in Giorgio Moroder’s 1984 restoration and edit of the 1927 silent film Metropolis, as part of the film’s new soundtrack. In 1985, the film was nominated at the 5th Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Musical Score, and the song itself was nominated for Worst Original Song. Nevertheless, the single reached number ten on the UK Singles Chart and #69 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 1984.
SIDE A:
Love Kills (Extended Dance Remix) 5:22
PProducer, Mixed By – Mack (2)
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Vocals – Freddie Mercury
SIDE B:
Rotwang’s Party (Robot Dance) 5:23
Producer – Giorgio Moroder
Performed By – Giorgio Moroder
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Cover: Near Mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
---|---|---|---|
1984 | Love Kills | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #69 |
1984 | Love Kills | U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | #44 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44 05098
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Mastered By – Brian Gardner
NOTES:
From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack “METROPOLIS”
Find the 12″ on DISCOGS
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon OM Stylus 30
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube: Tung-Sol 12AX7ECC803-S Gold Electron Tube
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
thanks again !
Ah, the lost Queen song. This was worked up during sessions for The Works. They gave it to Moroder in return for use of footage from Metropolis for the Radio Ga-Ga video. It was revealed during one of the fan club conventions that Queen all appear on this.
Another very welcome post 🙂
I will see what I can do David 🙂
Hey Paul. Wow, thanks once again for your latest rips. Have you any more of the solo Freddie stuff? Classic 80s dance and so rare to find from Mr Bad Guy. Love your work, really takes me back to my youth when music was so much better, thanks for all your hard work
You’re welcome Davidandrews I will see what I can come up with 🙂
Killer song from this two legends, what a combination!
I was positively surprised when this came out, yes Queen did some great dance songs, the No.1 all time classic Another One Bites The Dust, of course, and some great funk stuff on the Hot Space album, but Freddie to team up with Giorgio WOW!!!
Around here the song was big, on the radio and in the clubs!
I totally agree with you Davos legendary 🙂
Always adored this song. Very underated and forgotten about here in late 2015.
I agree with you NKelly 🙂
Congratulations for his Freddie Mercury posting – Love Kills (US 12 “).
I’m sure that soon we will post, for my joy and so many others his fan, Cerrone – Supernature ’86 (UK 12 “).
Big hug
You’re welcome DjAmora 🙂
Wow!
Thank you very much, Paul!
I have long been wait for this re-rip.
You’re welcome Meddows 🙂
Appreciated..
Thanks Paul 🙂
You’re welcome Ex15 🙂
I love this solo recording by Freddie.
Thanks for the re-rip, Paul 🙂
You’re welcome Junior 🙂
Great song by Freddie. Always loved it, Moroder at his best too. Never understood why it wasn’t a worldwide smash hit. Thanks for this post.
You’re welcome Stefano 🙂
thanks Paul.
You’re welcome Omar 🙂
Thank you sooooo much! Love this 12” and so good to have it ripped by you x
You’re welcome Wolfie 🙂
This is a fantastic posting Paul. I’ve been waiting for it for a while now, and it feels so good to have you do a new re-rip of the song. Thanks Paul for putting out these older postings that haven’t been up for some time.
Have a nice day!
Jeff
You’re welcome Jeff 🙂