Love is a stranger

  3:32/3:34 Love is a stranger [7" version]
  5:18 Monkey, monkey
uk   rca DA1 - 1st release with golden bar
uk   rca DA1 - re-release with yellow bar
uk   rca DA1 - yellow bar - back cover is upside down
uk   rca DA (P) 1 - picture disk
nl   rca PB 5525
ger   rca PB 5525
ger   rca PB 5525 - coloured vinyl (pink)
fr   rca PB 5525
     
  3:43 Love is a stranger
  5:20 Monkey, monkey
jap   rca RPS 119
usa   rca PB 13618 - on sleeve B-side: I've got an angel

  3:43 Love is a stranger
  2:45 I've got an angel
can   rca PB 13618
     
  3:32 Love is a stranger [7" version]
  5:18 Monkey, monkey
aus   rca DA 1 (104078)
     
  3:43 Love is a stranger
  3:43 Love is a stranger
usa   rca JK 13618 - promo intro 15, end fade

  3:34 Love is a stranger [7" version]
  4:16 Let's just close our eyes
  5:15 Monkey, monkey
uk   rca DAT1 - 1st release with golden bar
uk   rca DAT1 - re-release with yellow bar
ger   rca PC 68021
fr   rca PC 61173
     
  3:43 Love is a stranger
  4:13 Let's just close our eyes
  5:20 Monkey, monkey
usa   rca PW 13629
usa   rca JW 13629 - promo intro 15, end fade
     
  3:32 Love is a stranger [7" version]
  3:36 Sweet dreams (are made of this)
fr   rca PC 61105
     
  3:43 Love is a stranger
  3:44 Love is a stranger [live, BBC rockhour]
  4:31 The walk [live, BBC rockhour]
usa   rca JW 13622 - promo

  3:34 Love is a stranger
  4:16 Let's just close our eyes
  5:15 Monkey, monkey
uk   rca DAT1 - blank red label promo

feb 1991 re-release

  3:40 Love is a stranger
  4:05 Julia [7" version]
uk   rca PB 44265
ger   rca PB 44265

  6:31 Love is a stranger [obsession mix]
  3:43 Love is a stranger
  5:22 There must be an angel
  4:05 Julia [7" version]
uk   rca PT 44266
ger   rca PT 44266

    Love is a stranger [J.C. meets the obsessor remix]
    Love is a stranger [instrumental]
    Love is a stranger [coldcut remix]
uk   rca PT 44268
ger   rca PT 44268

  6:31 Love is a stranger [obsession mix]
  3:43 Love is a stranger
  5:22 There must be an angel
  4:05 Julia [7" version]
uk   rca PT 44266 DJ - promo
     
  -:-- Love is a stranger [coldcut remix]
  -:-- Love is a stranger [instrumental]
  6:31 Love is a stranger [obsession mix]
  -:-- Love is a stranger [J.C. meets the obsessor remix]
uk   rca LOVE-1 - promo

  3:43 Love is a stranger
  5:22 There must be an angel
  4:08 Julia [7" version]
  6:31 Love is a stranger [obsession mix]
uk   rca PD 44266
au   rca PD 44266
     
  6:31 Love is a stranger [obsession mix]
  4:08 Julia [7" version]
jap 3" rca BVDP 32

  3:40 Love is a stranger
  4:05 Julia [7" version]
uk   rca PK 44265

Sleeve notes

1st release: sept 1982
re-release: may 1983 + feb 1991

charts: uk 54
may 83: uk 3, us 23
feb 91: 46

Remixes / Versions

3:43 album version
4:32/3:34 7" version
3:44 live, BBC rockhour
4:00 live, Los Angeles - july 1983
6:31 obsession remix
-:-- J.C. meets the obsessor remix
-:-- coldcut remix
-:-- instrumental

6:30 DJ remix - Art of Mix - Stranger Day mix
8:35 DJ remix - Hot Tracks
5:32 DJ remix - Hot Tracks - Dr. Strangelove mix
4:05 DJ remix - Mastermix

Available on

Sweet dreams
Live 1983-1989
Greatest hits
Japanese promo album

Songbook volume one

B-sides

Monkey, monkey
I've got an angel
Let's just close our eyes (= The walk remix)
The walk
Julia
There must be an angel

Lyrics

love is a stranger in an open car
to tempt you in and drive you far away
and i want you
and i want you
and i want you so
it's an obsession

love is a danger of a different kind
to take you away and leave you far behind
and love love love
is a dangerous drug
you have to receive it
and you still can't get enough of the stuff

it's savage and it's cruel
and it shines like destruction
comes in like a flood
and it seems like religion
it's noble and it's brutal
it distorts and deranges
and it wrenches you up
and you're left like a zombie

it's guilt edged glamorous
and sleek by design
you know it's jealous by nature
false and unkind
it's hard and restrained
and it's totally cool
it touches and it teases
as you stumble in the debris

Covers

David Fernandez
Hellpass
Vickie Leigh
Lisa Moscatiello
NYACK
Jeanne-Marie Sens
Rosetta Stone
Martha Wainwright
Lyane Webb