Song · Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
“We Love You” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
From the album The Pacific Age (1986)
“We Love You” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1987 and 1989. It was first released in 1986 on the album The Pacific Age. Its best result is #84 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #244 alternative song of 1987 and #5,918 alternative song of all time.
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"We Love You" was the second single from The Pacific Age, the seventh album by English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released through Virgin in 1986, and it started life as a song for the film Playing for Keeps that same year. Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys wrote it with producer Stephen Hague, and Tom Lord-Alge recorded and mixed it.
AllMusic's Dave Thompson later heard a smash in the making, praising the instrumentation and a chorus he found splendidly anthemic, and he caught an anti-militarist message barely hidden in the lyrics. Radio listeners got there first: WLIR's audience voted it Screamer of the Week, and KROQ put it on its countdown of the top songs of 1987.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 84 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 | 107 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 330 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
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