The Look of Love (ABC song)
The Look of Love ( German about: the appearance of love ) is a song by the British New Wave band ABC from 1982 The song was written by the band, has a text by Martin Fry and was produced by Trevor Horn. . It appeared on The Lexicon of Love, and was released as the third single from the album. The single was also placed in the British and American Top 20.
Genesis
As with all the songs on the album Fry wrote the text after it had been abandoned by his former girlfriend. Been arranged by the later "The Art of Noise" members Trevor Horn, Anne Dudley, and Gary Langan composition with a " majestic sound " is in marked contrast to the cynical text of Fry. The Look of Love (Part One ), the full name of the title, is about the " anger and outrage " that Fry felt because of abandonment and provides, as the full name (Part One = part one) suggests, only a dar. of four parts
The Look of Love (Part Two) (Part Two ) is an instrumental piece, The Look of Love (Part Three) (Part Three ) is a " Vocal Remix" and The Look of Love (Part Four) (Part Four ) is a short acoustic instrumental piece with strings, horns, an occasional plucked harp and xylophone. Unlike most of the other songs on the album, this composition was recorded instead of synthesizers with real instruments. Another remix by Trevor Horn appeared in the same year as U.S. maxi-single. The publication took place on 14 May 1982.
Following the publication of the first 12 was "version not available everywhere with the remix by Trevor Horn in the U.S.. Since the remix was then asked by many DJs, was released in 1985 a well mixed by Trevor Horn version than 12 " remix of the synth - pop songs.
In 1990 another version of the song under the title of ABC The Look of Love (1990 Mix), which reached # 68 in the UK.
Music Video
The music video was shot in a film studio. You can see pictures of chalk on the sidewalks ( A parody of the movie Mary Poppins ), Carnival shows and a puppet theater As well as the band ABC. Also had a guest appearance Trevor Horn and Paul Morley in the clip, the clip is generally to be understood as a homage to the film An American in Paris.
Reception
Mike De Gagne of Allmusic describes the song as " the perfect song, with the ABC made known her flawless sound."