Love and Affection
{{Short description|1976 single by Joan Armatrading}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Love and Affection
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Joan Armatrading
| album = Joan Armatrading
| B-side = Help Yourself
| released = October 1976
| recorded = 1974/1975
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 4:28
| label = A&M
| writer = Joan Armatrading
| producer = Glyn Johns
| prev_title = Dry Land
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Down to Zero
| next_year = 1977
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|sBohO1zr7jw|"Love and Affection"}}}}
}}
"Love and Affection" is a song by Kittitian-English singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best-known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad ... an instant classic."{{cite web|author=Birch, Helen|title=I prefer birdsong to chatter|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1627347,00.html|work=The Guardian|date=4 November 2005|accessdate=7 April 2008}} It appeared on her eponymous third album. The song has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection: Classics 1975–1983.
The male backing vocal, which has been described as a "honeyed baritone", was performed by American actor and singer Clarke Peters.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/sep/04/dominic-west-clarke-peters-interview-othello|title=Dominic West and Clarke Peters: 'We love each other's company'|date=4 September 2011|first=Andrew|last=Anthony|author-link=Andrew Anthony|work=The Observer|accessdate=6 November 2011}} The alto saxophone was by Gallagher and Lyle session player Jimmy Jewell.
Personnel
{{small|Source: {{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/joan-armatrading-mw0000649839|title=Joan Armatrading – Joan Armatrading|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=3 March 2021|last=Connolly|first=Dave}}}}
- Joan Armatrading – vocals, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars
- Jerry Donahue – acoustic & electric guitars
- Jimmy Jewell – alto saxophone{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQXR244YSBEC&pg=PA274|title=Changing Times: Music and Politics In 1964|first=Stephen|last=Millward|date=1 December 2012|page=274|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd|isbn=9781780883441|accessdate=18 May 2021|via=Google Books}}
- Dave Markee – bass guitar
- Dave Mattacks – drums
- Leroy Champaign – backing vocals{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
- Clarke Peters – backing vocals
Charts
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| Chart (1976)
! Peak |
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| Ireland (IRMA){{cite web |url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement |title=Search the charts |work=The Irish Charts }}
| align="center"| 16 |
| UK Singles (OCC)
| align="center"| 10 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Joan Armatrading|title=Love and Affection|award=Silver|relyear=2006|certyear=2022|id=18052-634-1|access-date=May 13, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
Sinitta version
{{Infobox song
| name = Love and Affection
| cover = Sinitta-Love_and_Affection.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sinitta
| album =
| B-side =
| released = 1990
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Dance-pop
| length = 4:11
| label = Fanfare Records
| writer = Joan Armatrading
| producer = Barry Andrews
| prev_title = Hitchin' a Ride
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Shame, Shame, Shame
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|HHEYo0XQrIw|"Love and Affection"}}}}
}}
In 1990 American singer Sinitta covered "Love and Affection". It was produced by Barry Anthony Andrews and released as a non-album single. The single peaked at number 62 in the UK.
=Critical reception=
David Giles from Music Week wrote, "Dance interpretation of the Joan Armatrading classic that works well, if only because it adapts the original rather more cleverly into dancefloor mode than the recent Loving You did. Enormous hit potential here."{{cite magazine|first= David |last= Giles |title= Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 25 August 1990 |page= 17 |accessdate= 31 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1990/MW-1990-08-25.pdf}}
=Charts=
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (1990) !Peak |
| UK Singles (OCC)
| style="text-align:center;"|62 |
Mr Pink presents The Program version
A house music version by Mr Pink presents The Program, with Mr Pink (real name Leiam Sullivan) and Dave Lee (see Dave Lee discography), reached #22 in the UK charts in 2002.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11629/mr-pink-pts-the-program/|title=MR PINK PTS THE PROGRAM songs and albums|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=16 May 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-5911-336294|title=Program: Love And Affection|work=New Musical Express|date=12 September 2005|first=Christian|last=Ward|access-date=16 May 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://mustardmusic.co.uk/artists/leiamsullivan/index.html|title=Leiam Sullivan|publisher=Mustard Music Publishing|access-date=16 May 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/wannabe-the-next-big-thing-3856850|title=Wannabe the next big thing?|work=Teesside Gazette|date=4 January 2002|access-date=16 May 2025}}
=Charts=
| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2002) !Peak |
| UK Singles (OCC)
| style="text-align:center;"|22 |
Other cover versions
- Sheena Easton covered "Love and Affection" on her 1984 platinum album A Private Heaven.
- Martha Davis (of the Motels) and Sly Stone perform a duet of the song which appeared on the 1986 soundtrack for Soul Man.
- Melissa Etheridge performed the song in 1996, live on the VH1 channel, with Joan Osborne, Paula Cole, Jewel and a backing band.
- Kate Ceberano recorded a version for her 1996 album Blue Box. It was released as the third single from that album.
- The song was covered by Two Nice Girls in a medley with the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" and later by Courtney Pine and Kele Le Roc.
- Daley covered "Love and Affection" (retitled "Love + Affection") for his 2014 album Days & Nights.
- Dutch singer Mathilde Santing covered the song on her album Under a Blue Roof (1994).
References
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External links
- [https://www.joanarmatrading.com/lyrics/l/love-and-affection "Love and Affection" lyrics from Joan Armatrading's official website]
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