Love My Way (song)

"Love My Way"
UK 12" sleeve
Single by the Psychedelic Furs
from the album Forever Now
Released2 July 1982 (1982-07-02)
RecordedApril 1982
GenreNew wave[1][2]
Length3:27
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Todd Rundgren
The Psychedelic Furs singles chronology
"Pretty in Pink"
(1981)
"Love My Way"
(1982)
"Run and Run"
(1984)
Music video
"Love My Way" on YouTube

"Love My Way" is a song by the English rock band the Psychedelic Furs. It was released in July 1982[3] as the first single from their third studio album Forever Now. Written by the four members of the group and produced by Todd Rundgren, who also played marimba on the song,[4] and featured backing vocals from Flo & Eddie (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of the Turtles)[5] The song reached the top 10 of the charts in New Zealand, top 30 in Australia and the top 50 in the United Kingdom and United States.

  1. ^ Mansour, David (2011). From Abba to Zoom: A Pop Culture Encyclopedia of the Late 20th Century. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-7407-9307-3.
  2. ^ Harrington, Jim (28 August 2015). "LL Cool J, Miguel head hot Labor Day shows". The Mercury News. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  3. ^ "love-my-way | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  4. ^ According to co-founder Tim Butler, "Todd [Rundgren] was quite adamant about [playing on genuine marimbas...] we just said, 'Why don't you do it'. He said, 'Sure, I can play that!" Quoted and discussed in Paul Myers, A Wizard, a True Star: Todd Rundgren in the Studio (London: Jawbone Press, 2010), 225-27. ISBN 9781906002336
  5. ^ "5 Todd Rundgren production credits you should know". Golfmine. Retrieved 25 July 2023.