Love's Crashing Waves

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"Love's Crashing Waves"
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Single by Difford & Tilbrook
from the album Difford & Tilbrook
ReleasedJune 1984 (UK)
Genre New wave
Length3:03
Label A&M
Songwriter(s) Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook
Producer(s) Tony Visconti
Difford & Tilbrook singles chronology
"Love's Crashing Waves"
(1984)
"Hope Fell Down"
(1984)

"Love's Crashing Waves" is a song written by Difford & Tilbrook and released on their 1984 self-titled debut album.

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Released as the first single from Difford & Tilbrook, "Love's Crashing Waves" saw moderate commercial success. Though considered the most commercial song on the album, it saw limited chart success: it was the act's only charting single in the UK (reaching number 57), and by 1985 Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook had re-formed their previous (and more popular) band, Squeeze. Difford recalled,

Musically, Glenn did a masterful job of arranging [the songs on Difford and Tilbrook], because they were complicated. "Love's Crashing Waves" was about as commercial as we got on the whole album. And that pissed everybody off, particularly [manager Shep Gordon], who wanted us to be as big as Squeeze. [1]

Squeeze have, on a few occasions, played this song live. Salon's Annie Zaleski described the song as a "sophisto-pop gem". [2]

Track listing

7"
  1. "Love's Crashing Waves" (3:03)
  2. "Within These Walls of Without You" (2:59)
12"
  1. "Love's Crashing Waves" (3:03)
  2. "Within These Walls of Without You" (2:50)
  3. "Love's Crashing Waves (Extended Remix)" (4:50)

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