| "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" | ||||
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| Single by Nelson | ||||
| from the album After the Rain | ||||
| B-side | "Will You Love Me" | |||
| Released | May 19, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Matthew Nelson, Gunnar Nelson, Marc Tanner | |||
| Producer(s) | Marc Tanner, David Thoener | |||
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"(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" is a song by American rock band Nelson, written by Matthew Nelson, Gunnar Nelson and Marc Tanner. It was released in 1990 on DGC Records and backed with "Will You Love Me?". The song was based on a crush on Cindy Crawford. The music video features model and actress Judie Aronson who first appears on the cover of a magazine called "Vague", a parody of Vogue magazine.
The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1990, becoming the only single from the band to top the chart. This made the Nelson family the only American family to have three generations of number one singles. Brothers Nelson and Gunnar are sons of musician Ricky Nelson and grandsons of bandleader Ozzie Nelson and singer Harriet Nelson.
The production on the single and its B-side, "Will You Love Me?", was done by David Thoener and Marc Tanner. It also appears as the first track on Nelson's album, After the Rain. The song is used in Beavis and Butt-Head. American boyband Natural covered the song for their 2002 album Keep It Natural.