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Let There Be Love (Simple Minds song)

{{Short description|1991 single by Simple Minds}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Let There Be Love

| cover = Let There Be Love (Simple Minds song) coverart.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Simple Minds

| album = Real Life

| B-side = Good Night

| released = {{start date|1991|3|11|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=19|date=9 March 1991}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:44

| label = Virgin

| writer = Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr

| producer = Stephen Lipson

| prev_title = The Amsterdam EP

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = See the Lights

| next_year = 1991

}}

"Let There Be Love" is a song by Scottish rock band Simple Minds and first single from their ninth studio album, Real Life (1991). The song was written by Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr and released by Virgin Records on 11 March 1991. The song became an international hit, reaching the top 10 in Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was the most successful in Italy, where it peaked at number one. The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan.{{cite web|url=http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=25305|title=mvdbase.com - Simple Minds - "Let there be love"|work=Music Video DataBase|last=Garcia|first=Alex S|accessdate=2 November 2015}}

Track listings

  • 7-inch and cassette single
  1. "Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
  2. "Goodnight" – 3:10
  • 12-inch single
  1. "Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
  2. "Good Night" – 3:10
  3. "Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
  4. "Alive and Kicking" (live, Verona 1989) – 3:51
  • CD single
  1. "Let There Be Love" (7-inch mix) – 4:44
  2. "Good Night" – 3:10
  3. "Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
  4. "Alive and Kicking" (live, Verona 1989) – 3:51
  • CD single + collectors box
  1. "Let There Be Love" (edited album mix) – 4:24
  2. "Let There Be Love" (extended mix) – 8:15
  3. "East at Easter" (live, Verona 1989) – 6:12

Personnel

  • Written by Burchill & Kerr, except "Alive and Kicking" and "East at Easter" written by Simple Minds
  • Mixed by Julian Mendelsohn
  • Edited by Moraes, Mendelsohn and Lipson
  • "Alive and Kicking" and "East at Easter" recorded Live at L'Arena, Verona 14/15 September 1989 by the Fleetwood Mobile
  • Published by Virgin Music Publishers Ltd. except "Alive and Kicking"
  • Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1991)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|15|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
{{single chart|Flanders|4|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
scope="row"|Denmark (IFPI){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-04-27.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=17|page=30|date=27 April 2019|access-date=21 March 2018}}

|7

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-04-20.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=16|page=26|date=20 April 1991|access-date=22 November 2019}}

|9

{{single chart|France|23|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
{{single chart|Germany|16|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|songid=2247|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
scope="row"|Greece (IFPI){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-05-11.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=19|page=19|date=11 May 1991|access-date=30 October 2020}}

|10

{{single chart|Ireland2|5|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
scope="row"|Italy (Musica e dischi){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-05-25.pdf|title=Top 10 Sales in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=21|page=26|date=25 May 1991|access-date=22 November 2019}}

|1

{{single chart|Dutch40|4|year=1991|week=15|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|7|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|48|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
scope="row"|Spain (AFYVE){{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}

|14

{{single chart|Sweden|9|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|7|artist=Simple Minds|song=Let There Be Love|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}
{{single chart|UK|6|date=19910330|rowheader=true|access-date=23 March 2018}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1991)

!Position

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1991|title=Jaaroverzichten 1991|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=22 November 2019}}

|63

scope="row"|Europe (Europchart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-21.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 1991|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=51–52|page=21|date=21 December 1991|access-date=17 January 2020|via=World Radio History}}

|50

scope="row"|Europe (European Hit Radio){{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-12-21.pdf|title=EHR Year-End Top 100|magazine=Music & Media|volume=8|issue=51–52|page=20|date=21 December 1991|access-date=16 February 2024}}

|20

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1991|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1991|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=22 November 2019}}

|81

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%201991.pdf|title=Single top 100 over 1991|publisher=Top40|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330032047/http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top%20100/top%20100%20-%201991.PDF|archive-date=March 30, 2012|access-date=13 April 2010}}

|47

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1991&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1991|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=22 November 2019}}

|54

scope="row"|Sweden (Topplistan){{cite web|url=http://www.grammotex.se/topp91singlar.htm|title=Årstopplistan 1991, Singlar|publisher=Grammotex|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010225020647/http://www.grammotex.se/topp91singlar.htm|archive-date=25 February 2001|access-date=7 April 2025}}

|56

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Salesamount

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align="left"|Sales (1991)

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UK{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cOqW9M4cn0|title=UK's Biggest Selling Singles of 1991 - Top 200 with sales|website=YouTube |date=16 June 2024|accessdate=29 November 2024}}

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References

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{{Simple Minds}}

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Category:Simple Minds songs

Category:1991 singles

Category:1991 songs

Category:Music videos directed by Andy Morahan

Category:Number-one singles in Italy

Category:Song recordings produced by Stephen Lipson

Category:Songs written by Charlie Burchill

Category:Songs written by Jim Kerr

Category:Virgin Records singles