Love Action (I Believe in Love) (single edit)
~ Recording by The Human League
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | The Human League | Single |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VS435 |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | The Human League | Single |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 103 518, 103 518 - 100 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | Modern Dance | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | NE 1156 |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | Greatest Hits (manufactured in Austria) | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | HLCD1 |
| 1.8 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | Greatest Hits | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records | CD 5227 |
| 1.8 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | Greatest Hits | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| A&M Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions) | CD 5227, D 102670, D102670 |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | Greatest Hits | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 0777 7 86400 2 8, HLCD 1, HLCD1 |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | Greatest Hits | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | HLTV1 |
| 1.8 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Greatest Hits | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | V2 0777 7 86400 2 8 |
| 2.6 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | 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 |
| 1.2 | Love Action | 3:53 | Human League | Decadance Volume 1 (South African release, subtitled "Temptation") | Various Artists | Album |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDVIR(WR)115 |
| 2.14 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 39703 2 2 |
| 2.15 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | Virgin Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 39767 2 0 |
| 2.15 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 2.14 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | In the Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.15 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | In The Air Tonight: Virgin’s Greatest Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCD 26 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Greatest Hits | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 40946 2 1, CDV 2792 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Greatest Hits | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | TCV 2792 |
| 1.5 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Meto2 de baile, vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 840407-2 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | Our Friends Electric | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2814 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | A Strange Kind of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 535 516-2 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:55 | The Human League | Cool Cuts | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carling Premier (beer brand), Fastforward Music Promotions Ltd. | FFCD045 |
| 1.14 | Love Action | 3:49 | The Human League | The Model: 20 New Romantic Hits From the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 552 918-2 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Electric | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson Productions (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMIDCD03 |
| 1.1 | Love Action | 3:49 | The Human League | Electric 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | CDVIR(WM) 359 |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | The Best of The Human League | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | CDGOLD(GSB)81 |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | The Best of The Human League | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | SITHCD1 |
| 2.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Fantastic 80s! 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music TV | SONYTV45CD |
| 2.20 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | We Can’t Get Enough! Best of the Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | UMD70092 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | Human League | Blast From the Past | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner.ESP | 9548 36934-2 |
| 1.13 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | 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 |
| 1.3 | Love Action | 3:53 | The Human League | The Best Human League / Culture Club / Spandau Ballet / Heaven 17 / Ultravox Album in the World... Ever! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | The Very Best Of | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| ARK 21 | 61868 10034 2 7 |
| 1.8 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | Human League | Now That’s What I Call Music! 1981: The Millennium Series | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 5 20256 2 6, NOWMIL 1981 |
| 1.7 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | It’s Electric: The Sound of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 858812 |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | The Best of The Human League | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | VI 248232 |
| 1.10 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Was het nu 70 of 80 of 90? | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. See annotation) | 7243 8478172 |
| 1.9 | Love Action | 3:51 | The Human League | Young Guns Go for It: Heroes of the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BBC Music, EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 49806 2 7, VTDCD346 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | Human League | More Greatest Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Disky | DB 854902 | |
| 3.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | More Cool Britannia: Britain’s Best from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 996742 |
| 3.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | Decades: The Story of the 60’s / 70’s / 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | VTDCDX 337 |
| 2.16 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Essential 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 993342, BX 993352, BX 993362 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | 80s Mania: The Very Best of the Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | 74321852572 |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | Love Action 80's: 54 Classic Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 647182 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | I Love 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | VTDCD 361 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | New Wave Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| ARS Productions Belgium | 740653-2 |
| 2.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | Human League | The Greatest New Romantic Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| His Master’s Voice | 7243 5 35383 2 3 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | 80er: Alternative Eighties, Volume 01 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 507550 2 |
| 1.5 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Best Ever Bonking Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 22281 2 6 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | Pop & Wave 2: More Hits of the 80's | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Special Products | SSP 987884 2 |
| 2.1 | Love Action | 3:54 | The Human League | Blueprint | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Blueprint (sublabel of Beechwood Music) | BLUE CD 01 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:46 | The Human League | 80’s Generation | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | CB 792372 |
| 1.16 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:46 | The Human League | Going Underground: 20 New Wave Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC765002 |
| 3.18 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | So in Love: 54 Original Hits for Lovers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 904086, BX 904087, BX 904088, CB 904085 |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | The Original Electro Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 540 9062 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | Electric: Level 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar TV | TTVCD3329 |
| 1.3 | Love Action | 3:45 | The Human League | Reunited, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | BX 905415 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Greatest Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 571 0962 |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | The Best of The Human League | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 724356026629 |
| 1.11 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Blick auf 50 Jahre Rock: Hits der 80er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 2.11 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | One Shot 1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 982 905-5 |
| 1.13 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | This Is… Electric | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Disky | DC 903289 |
| 1.3 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Essential 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 3497432 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | I ❤ 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin TV | |
| 1.6 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | The Best of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 7243 5 34898 2 3 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | The Greatest 80s Hits Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Pure 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 508 3012 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Ashes to Ashes | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| EMI TV | 88697290762 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) (edit) | 3:52 | The Human League | Playlist: Electro | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 5099921280054 |
| 1.10 | Love Action | 3:49 | The Human League | Son of Rambow | Joby Talbot | Album + Soundtrack |
| Bulletproof (US soundtracks) | |
| 1.10 | Love Action (I Believe In Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | Son of Rambow: Music From the Motion Picture | Joby Talbot | Album + Soundtrack |
| Bulletproof (US soundtracks) | BPF 1041 |
| 1.14 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) (edit) | 3:51 | The Human League | This Is… 1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | |
| 1.14 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) (edit) | 3:52 | The Human League | This Is… 1981 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 5099922789921 |
| 17.10 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Mastermix Professional Engineered for DJs: Decades | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | SET225 |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | Playlist: Electro | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | 2128002 |
| 1.10 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | Son of Rambow: Music From the Motion Picture | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Fontana North (collaboration between Fontana Distribution and MapleCore), Sall Entertainment Group Inc. | |
| 1.10 | Love Action (I Believe In Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | Son of Rambow: Music From the Motion Picture | Joby Talbot | Album + Soundtrack |
| Fontana North (collaboration between Fontana Distribution and MapleCore), Sall Entertainment Group Inc. | |
| 3.6 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Absolute Synth Anthems | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | UNI-EVACD -4124 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Essential | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | 100 Hits: The New Romantics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 100 Hits | DMG 100 088 |
| 1.34 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) [edit] | 3:51 | The Human League | Alle 40 goed: Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Netherlands BV (EMI Group subsidiary 2000–2012, today under UMG, don't use as label) | |
| 2.14 | Love Action (I Believe In Love) | ?:?? | The Human League | Alle 40 goed: Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | All the Best | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Greatest Hits on CD&DVD | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | G624 3632 |
| 1.2 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Gold | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America) | 0600753462669 |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | A Very British Synthesizer Group | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | 570 258‐6 |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | A Very British Synthesizer Group | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 5702581 |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | A Very British Synthesizer Group | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) (edit) | 3:52 | The Human League | A Very British Synthesizer Group (super deluxe) | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | |
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | A Very British Synthesizer Group | The Human League | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | B0025709-02 |
| 5.15 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:50 | The Human League | 101 Hits: Festival Headliners | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal UMC | UMC 10125 |
| 1.16 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:52 | The Human League | Classic Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.9 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | The Human League | Greatest Hits (made in UK) | The Human League | Album + Compilation | Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 259 355 -222, HLCD1 | |
| 1.4 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:51 | The Human League | Greatest Hits of the 80s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Gold | 5 71096 2 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.16 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:53 | Human League | Classic Cuts: The New Romantic Era | Various Artists | Compilation |
| Music Factory (UK promotional remix service started in 1985) | NROM1 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.16 | Love Action (I Believe in Love) | 3:49 | The Human League | The Last American Virgin: Music From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| TWS (obscure label associated with TWS, Inc., reissues of movie soundtracks) | TWS022 |
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| 1.8 | Love Action | 3:52 | Human League | New Romantics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | DIN231D |
Relationships
| producer: | The Human League Martin Rushent |
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| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1981) |
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| has remixes: | Love Action (part of a “FabricLive 47: Toddla T” DJ‐mix) by Philly (Sheffield UK vocalist Philly Smith) Love Action (I Believe in Love) (12" instrumental mix) |
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| sampled by: | Shoot the Dog (explicit album version) by George Michael |
| music videos: | Love Action (I Believe In Love) |
| recording of: | Love Action (I Believe in Love) |
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Related works
Love Action (I Believe in Love)
| lyricist and composer: | Ian Burden Philip Oakey |
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| publisher: | EMI Virgin Music Ltd. (do not use this as a release label!) April Musikverlag GmbH (publisher) (in 1981) Dinsong Ltd. (in 1981) Sound Diagrams (publisher) (in 1981) Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (in 1981) |
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| is the basis for: | Shoot the Dog |
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