The Look of Love (ABC song)

"The Look of Love"
Single by ABC
from the album The Lexicon of Love
A-side"The Look of Love (Part One)"
B-side
  • "The Look of Love (Part Two)"
  • "Theme from Mantrap" (US)
Released7 May 1982 / August, 1982 (US)
Genre
Length3:26
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Trevor Horn
ABC singles chronology
"Poison Arrow"
(1982)
"The Look of Love"
(1982)
"All of My Heart"
(1982)
Music video
"The Look of Love" on YouTube

"The Look of Love" is a song by English pop band ABC, released in 1982 as the third single from their debut studio album, The Lexicon of Love (1982). It was the band's highest-charting hit in the UK, peaking at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. The single also went to No. 1 on the US Billboard Dance/Disco chart as well as the Canadian Singles Chart. On the American Cash Box Top 100, it got as high as No. 9, and on the Billboard Hot 100 it peaked at No. 18.[6]

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