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| Length = 3:26 | Label = | Writer = ABC | Producer = Trevor Horn | Certification = | Last single = "Poison Arrow" (1982) | This single = "The Look of Love" (1982) | Next single = "All of My Heart" (1982) | Misc = }} "The Look of Love" is a song by the British band ABC, released as a single in 1982. It was the band's highest charting hit in the UK, peaking at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. It was included on their debut album, ''The Lexicon of Love''. ==History== Released as a single and as a 12" remix, it went to number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Disco chart as well as the Canadian Singles Chart. It was their biggest hit in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 4. On the American ''Cash Box'' Top 100, it got as high as number 9, and on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 it peaked at number 18.〔 The single consists of four parts, referred to as "Parts One, Two, Three and Four". Part One is the standard album version, Part Two is an instrumental version, Part Three is a vocal version without the orchestral overdubs and Part Four is a short acoustic instrumental part of the song, containing strings and horns, as well as occasional harp plucks and xylophone. A different US remix dub version by producer Trevor Horn appeared as A-side on the 1982 US 12". The '82 US remix dub version was not widely available after its initial release, but the track remained much in demand by club DJs and fans alike, and copies of the original 12" version fetched high prices. When Neutron (the band's UK label) discovered this, they issued a limited edition dj-pressing of the Horn remix in November 1982 as a DJ promo 12" vinyl under the title "ABC Look Of Love Special Remix 12" Neutron NTXDJ103. Through the 1980s, BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies used the last crescendo on Part 2 of the song as a closing theme to his daily lunchtime programme called ''The Bit In The Middle'', only changing it in 1991 when his show was rebranded as ''Let's Do Lunch'' and given fresh music beds and themes. The US B-side, entitled "Theme From ''Mantrap''", was an alternate version of "Poison Arrow". In February 2014, all four parts appeared together as one single track (running 12:29) on the ZTT Records compilation "The Art of the 12" Volume Three". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Look of Love (ABC song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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