Addicted to Love (song)

This article is about the Robert Palmer song. For other uses, see Addicted to Love (disambiguation).

"Addicted to Love"
A model with a hand raised covering her eyes, her other hand is on her hip. She is wearing a black dress and dark tights. Her face is heavy with makeup, the white of her face contrasting dramatically with her red lips. The background is a filled by a sheet of music notation.
Picture sleeve for UK and European editions of the single (photographer, Peter Ashworth)
Single by Robert Palmer
from the album Riptide
B-side"Remember to Remember"
ReleasedJanuary 1986[1]
GenreDance-rock
Length
  • 6:03 (album version)
  • 4:04 (single version)
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Robert Palmer
Producer(s)Bernard Edwards
Robert Palmer singles chronology
"Riptide"
(1986) 		"Addicted to Love"
(1986) 		"Hyperactive"
(1986)
Music video
"Addicted to Love" on YouTube

"Addicted to Love" is a song by English rock singer Robert Palmer released in 1986. It is the third song on Palmer's eighth studio album Riptide (1985) and was released as its third single. The single version is a shorter edit of the full-length album version.

The song entered the US Billboard Hot 100 chart the week ending 8 February 1986. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart, and it received a gold certification for shipping half a million copies in the United States. It also reached number one in Australia and number five on the UK Singles Chart. "Addicted to Love" became Palmer's signature song, thanks in part to a popular video featuring high fashion models.[2]

  1. ^ Bacon, Tony (2006). Singles. Backbeat UK. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-871547-73-3.
  2. ^ "#10 -- "Addicted to Love" by Robert Palmer -- #10". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2014.