Love Like Blood (song)

"Love Like Blood"
"Love Like Blood"
Single by Killing Joke
from the album Night Time
B-side	"Blue Feather (Version)"
Released	January 1985
Genre	Gothic rock; new wave;
Length	6:50 (album); 4:14 (single/video)
Label	E.G.; Polydor;
Songwriter(s)	Jaz Coleman; Paul Ferguson; Paul Raven; Kevin Walker;
Producer(s)	Killing Joke; Chris Kimsey;
Killing Joke singles chronology
Love Like Blood (Gestalt Mix)
	Love Like Blood (Gestalt Mix) Side A Inner Sleeve

"Love Like Blood" is a song by English rock band Killing Joke. It was released in January 1985 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Night Time (1985). Produced by Chris Kimsey, the song is characterised as gothic rock^[1]^[2] and new wave.^[3] It was a top 10 hit in the Netherlands, Belgium and New Zealand and peaked at number 16 in the United Kingdom.

"Love Like Blood" was originally released by E.G. Records in January 1985 as a 12" in the UK, and a 12" maxi single in Germany. The 7" single on E.G. was released in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany. Polydor also released a 12" single in the Netherlands and a 12" maxi single in France.

"Love Like Blood" remains very fondly remembered in the Netherlands, as it has appeared on the country's annual Top 2000 songs of all time countdown every year since 2011. Its highest position was No. 554 in 2000.^[4]

^ Manuel, Garreth. "Killing Joke – Perth, 9th June 2013". Caught in the Mosh. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Soghomonian, Talia (5 March 2009). "Release The Bats – It's The 20 Greatest Goth Tracks". NME. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Pehling, Dave (2 May 2013). "KTVU.com talks to Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman". KTVU. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Top 2000. "Love Like Blood van Killing Joke uit 1985 in Top 2000" (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[1] Manuel, Garreth. "Killing Joke – Perth, 9th June 2013". Caught in the Mosh. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[2] Soghomonian, Talia (5 March 2009). "Release The Bats – It's The 20 Greatest Goth Tracks". NME. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[3] Pehling, Dave (2 May 2013). "KTVU.com talks to Killing Joke's Jaz Coleman". KTVU. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] Top 2000. "Love Like Blood van Killing Joke uit 1985 in Top 2000" (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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