This Is Love (Gary Numan song)

{{Infobox song

| name = This Is Love

| cover = Gary Numan This Is Love 1986 Single Cover.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Gary Numan

| album = Strange Charm

| B-side = Survival

| released = April 1986

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| length = 4:30

| label = Numa

| writer = Gary Numan

| producer = Gary Numan, The Waveteam

| prev_title = Miracles

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = I Can't Stop

| next_year = 1986

}}

"This Is Love" is a song by English musician Gary Numan, released in 1986 as the lead single from his eighth studio album Strange Charm. It was written by Numan, and produced by Numan and the Waveteam.{{cite web|author=Ned Raggett |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/strange-charm-mw0000195115 |title=Strange Charm - Gary Numan | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2019-03-16}} "This Is Love" reached No. 28 in the UK and remained in the charts for three weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/17942/gary-numan/ |title=Gary Numan | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com |date=2017-09-22 |access-date=2019-03-16}}

A music video was filmed to promote the single. Early copies of the single included a free interview flexi disc,{{Cite web|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/nu16|title=Gary Numan - This is Love}}{{cite web|url=http://www.numanme.co.uk/numanme/singles-this-is-love.htm |title=Gary Numan Singles This Is Love |publisher=Numanme.co.uk |access-date=2019-03-16}} while some 12" copies were issued with "Call Out the Dogs" as a free single.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Gary-Numan-This-Is-Love/release/715552 |title=Gary Numan - This Is Love (Vinyl, 12", Single) |publisher=Discogs |date=1986-04-19 |access-date=2019-03-16}}

Critical reception

Upon release, Newcastle Evening Chronicle described the song as a "slow romantic ballad" and Numan's "best in ages".Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Time Off: Singles - April 17, 1986 - page 12 In a retrospective review of the album, Ned Raggett of AllMusic wrote: "Numan uses silence and less-crowded arrangements to create a more dramatic impact. Flat-out successes such as "The Sleeproom" and the concluding ballad "This Is Love," with heavily echoed piano and singing leading the way, show how his decision worked wonders." In 2007, Mojo described the song as a "classy track".{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9nNLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22This+Is+Love%22+gary+numan |title=Mojo - Google Books |date=2010-01-22 |access-date=2019-03-16}}