“Your Love” by The Outfield

"Your Love" came off Play Deep, the Outfield's 1985 debut, and went out as a single early the next year, and the English newcomers rode it all the way to number six on the Billboard Hot 100, with a number-seven peak on the Album Rock Tracks chart besides. Guitarist John Spinks wrote it on the porch of his East London flat while singer Tony Lewis perched on an amp, and by Lewis's count it took about twenty minutes. Josie, the girl in the song, never existed; the whole story is made up.

The first demo was gentler, until producer William Wittman, who had worked with Cyndi Lauper and the Fixx, pushed them toward hard rock. You can hear the push: chiming guitar, Alan Jackman's snapping drums, Reg Webb's keyboards and Lewis's high, clean voice sailing over the top, pure mid-'80s radio candy.

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