The Night You Murdered Love
~ Recording by ABC
Annotation
Released August 1987.
Annotation last modified on 2010-01-15 16:01 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | The Night You Murdered Love | ?:?? | ABC | The Night You Murdered Love | ABC | Single |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC) | NT 112 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City (no price code) | ABC | Album | Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Phonogram | 832 391-2 | |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC) | NTRH 4 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 832 391-2 Q-1 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGram | 832 391-4 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 832 391-2 |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | High Life: 24 Hits à la Chart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 816 610-1 |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | High Life: Hits à la Chart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 816 610-4 |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | High Life: Hits à la Chart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 816 610-2 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:56 | ABC | Cream of Pop ’88 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polyphon | 819 922-2 |
| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Absolutely | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC), Phonogram, PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 842 967-2 |
| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Absolutely | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 842 967-2 |
| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | ?:?? | ABC | Absolutely | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC), Phonogram | 842 967‐4 |
| 1.15 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Look of Love | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Pop & Wave, Volume 2: More Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 472423 2 |
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Rock Collection: Rock Giants | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/22 |
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:56 | ABC | Tears Are Not Enough | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 550 000-2 |
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | The Greatest Hits of the ’80’s, Volume 2: The Definitive Singles Collection 1980-1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 8080.6 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Power of Love: Soul to Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL629/22 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City (remastered) | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 832 391-2 |
| 2.4 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Pop & Wave, Volume 2: More Hits From the Fantastic 80’s (1998 rerelease) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 472423 9 |
| 1.5 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Fun de siècle, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 555 730-2 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Pop Toppers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 985933 2 |
| 1.12 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | The Look of Love: Best | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | CD 2700020100 B |
| 2.17 | Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Die ultimative 80’er Fete | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 560 935-2 |
| 1.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | One Better World | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 586 237 2 |
| 1.16 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Top 40 Hitdossier 1987-1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Benelux | 092740306-2 |
| 1.5 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | History of Pop 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 069 890-2 | |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 586 237-2 |
| 1.14 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:43 | ABC | Welcome to the Pleasuredome: The Real 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 069 715-2 |
| 2.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Party Power Pack: 80’s Kult | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations) | 068 780-2 |
| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | The Ultimate Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | The Ultimate Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music B.V. (not for release label use! NL subsidiary of UMG) | 981 263-0 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City (remastered) | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC) | |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Gold | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | |
| 1.13 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | One Shot 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 9841095 |
| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Never More Than Now: The ABC Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 9847289 |
| 1.5 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | KulturSPIEGEL - My Generation, CD 17: Goldkettchen & Schulterpolster 1986 (Formel Eins in den Wohnzimmern 1983-1990) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697515302 |
| 2.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | All of my Heart the Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 8.17 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Testament van de Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 533 349/350 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Northworld Recordings | |
| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Der letzte Bulle, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Club Sounds: The Ultimate Club Dance Collection: 80s (iTunes) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | SME Media (Sony Music) | ||
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Kontor - Top of the Clubs - Electric 80s Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + DJ-mix |
| Kontor Records | 1023694 |
| 8.12 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | De pré historie: De jaren ’80, vol. 2: De ultieme 10 CD collectie (misprint) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Radio 2 (Vlaanderen), Universal Music Belgium | 539.438-3 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | Hifi Visionen: Pop-CD 12 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Hifi Vision | ||
| 1.15 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Hits From the Heart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.16 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Road Runners, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Phonogram | NTRHC 4 |
| 1.14 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | Best of the ’80s: 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer: | Tim Burrell |
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| recording engineer: | Martyn Webster (engineer) |
| co-producer: | Bernard Edwards |
| producer: | Bernard Edwards Martin Fry Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa) |
| mixer: | Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) |
| bass: | Brad Lang |
| double bass: | Danny Thompson (English double bass player) |
| drums (drum set): | Graham Broad |
| harmonica: | Judd Lander |
| keyboard: | David Clayton |
| percussion: | Pandit Dinesh Louis Jardim |
| saxophone: | Howie Casey |
| strings arranger: | Richard Niles |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1987) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Marcus Studios in Bayswater |
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| has remixes: | The Night You Murdered Love (Unique Short Mix) The Night You Murdered Love (The Reply) by ABC (English 80s pop group) feat. Contessa Lady V ("The Night You Murdered Love") The Night You Murdered Love (The Sheer-Chic mix) |
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| part of: | The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 74) (order: 74) |
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| recording of: | The Night You Murdered Love |
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Related works
The Night You Murdered Love
| writer: | Martin Fry Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa) |
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| publisher: | 10 Music Ltd. Neutron Music Neutron Music Ltd. |
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