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Slave to Love

The first single from Boys and Girls, his first solo single in seven years.
Bryan Ferry, from Boys and Girls (1985)

Ferry wrote it and he and Rhett Davies produced. It was recorded between November 1984 and March 1985, though we found no studio for this track. Release dates differ: May 3, 1985 per Wikipedia, April 28 per Sessiondays. It runs 3:59 as a 7-inch, 5:56 as a 12-inch and 4:26 on the album, with an instrumental "Valentine" on the B-side. Players include Neil Hubbard, David Gilmour and Keith Scott on guitar, Guy Fletcher on keyboards and Omar Hakim on drums. Songfacts reads it as an erotic ballad of surrender; Ferry has not explained it.

It reached 10 in the UK, 5 in Norway, 8 in Ireland, 9 in Italy, 11 in Flanders and New Zealand and 109 on the US Bubbling Under chart, and is certified silver in the UK. The video was directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino in 1985.

Sources

  1. Slave to Love, Wikipedia
  2. Bryan Ferry, Wikipedia
  3. Slave to Love music video, IMVDb