Love Removal Machine

{{Short description|1987 single by the Cult}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Love Removal Machine

| cover = Love removal machine.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = the Cult

| album = Electric

| released = 9 February 1987{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1987/Music-Week-1987-02-07.pdf|title=Music Week|page=28 |access-date=2024-12-24}}

| recorded = December 1986

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Hard rock{{cite web|last=Valys|first=Phillip|date=8 August 2013|title=The Cult's Ian Astbury finds 'Electric Peace'|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/music/sf-sh-revolution-live-astbury-cult-080913-20130808-story.html|access-date=14 May 2021|website=Sun-Sentinel}}{{cite web|last=Masley|first=Ed|date=28 June 2019|title=Arizona State Fair 2019 Concert lineup: Becky G, Lil Pump, MC Hammer, the Cult|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/06/28/arizona-state-fair-2019-concert-series-announcements-who-is-playing/1601543001/|access-date=14 May 2021|website=The Arizona Republic}}{{cite web|last=TomTrauma|date=30 May 2019|title=The Cult - Live in Grand Rapids|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/16503/the-cult-live-in-grand-rapids|access-date=14 May 2021|website=Punknews.org}}
• heavy metal{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=William|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52hFCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57|title=Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music|last2=Cogan|first2=Brian|date=2009|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-34801-3|page=57}}

| length = 4:17

| label = Beggars Banquet

| writer =

• Ian Astbury
• Billy Duffy

| producer = Rick Rubin

| prev_title = Revolution

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Lil' Devil

| next_year = 1987

}}

"Love Removal Machine" is a song recorded by the British rock band the Cult. It was the first single to be released from the group's 1987 album Electric. First recorded during a radio session, it had a different arrangement when it was recorded for the band's third album, Peace. When that album was scrapped, it was re-recorded for the replacement album, Electric. An extended remix was also created and released on a 12" single. The song's main riff has been compared to that of "Start Me Up" which was released by the Rolling Stones in 1981.{{cite web |first=Mick |last=Wall |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/our-friends-electric-when-the-cult-went-rock |title=How The Cult's Electric kick-started a revolution |website=Classic Rock |publisher=Classic Rock |date=21 June 2017 |access-date=25 August 2020}} "Love Removal Machine" was named the 74th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.