“Speed Your Love to Me” by Simple Minds

"Speed Your Love to Me" was the second single Simple Minds pulled from Sparkle in the Rain, released on Virgin in early 1984, and like "Waterfront" before it, it's built for the back row of the stadium: heavy drums up front, the keyboards simmering underneath the guitars instead of steering. Steve Lillywhite produced it, Howard Gray engineered, and the writing credit goes to Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil, Derek Forbes and Mel Gaynor.

Kirsty MacColl, a pal of the group, adds backing vocals, and the title was borrowed from a line in "Unchained Melody" as the Righteous Brothers sang it. The single reached number 20 in Britain and stayed on the chart for 4 weeks, backed by a video, finished in December 1983, that cut studio performance together with scenic footage.

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