Song · Peter Murphy
“A Strange Kind of Love” by Peter Murphy
From the album Deep (1989)
“A Strange Kind of Love” by Peter Murphy appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1989 and 2003. It was first released in 1989 on the album Deep. Its best result is #60 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #131 alternative song of 1990 and #3,215 alternative song of all time.
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"A Strange Kind of Love" sits on Deep, Peter Murphy's third solo album from 1989, and Beggars Banquet and RCA put it out as the record's third single in 1990, hard on the heels of "Cuts You Up". It climbed to 21 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.
The album version is a hushed thing: acoustic guitar, keyboards and Murphy's voice, with no electric guitar, bass or drums anywhere in sight. He wrote it alone and made it with producer Simon Rogers, and the restraint suits him; he sounds like a man confessing in a candlelit room. A second, poppier take, with the full band kicking in from the very first bar, turned up on the B-sides of "Cuts You Up" and "The Line Between the Devil's Teeth".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 93 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1989 | 107 |
| 1990 | 60 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1990 | 91 |
| 1990 | 69 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 | 90 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 232 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 2002 | 1193 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 575 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Strange Kind of Love; A Strange Kind Of Love.
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