“Love Resurrection” by Alison Moyet

"Love Resurrection" launched Alison Moyet's solo career in 1984, the first single from her debut album Alf, and it was, she said, written over the phone. After a row with a friend she took to her bed, dashed off the lyric and read it to Steve Jolley, who rang back with a melody. Jolley and Tony Swain produced and share the writing credit, Swain plays the keyboards and Tim Goldsmith the drums.

It's a big, soulful pop number, Moyet's bluesy voice riding a glossy synth pulse. It reached 10 in the UK and got its US release the following summer. There are two videos: the first sets her in a desert encampment, shot in Israel for £17,000, and the second, cut for America, shows a gentler Moyet after the breakup of Yazoo.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.