(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways

"(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways"
Single by Julia Fordham
from the album Swept
B-side
Released6 January 1992 (1992-01-06)[1]
Recorded1991
GenrePop
Length4:34
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Peter Asher
Julia Fordham singles chronology
"I Thought It Was You"
(1991)
"(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways"
(1992)
"Different Time Different Place"
(1994)

"(Love Moves in) Mysterious Ways" is a song recorded by British singer-songwriter Julia Fordham. Fordham was invited to record "Mysterious Ways" for the movie The Butcher's Wife, starring Demi Moore and Jeff Daniels,[2] in late 1991. Fordham had then just released her third album Swept, at least in the UK and Japan, but the release of the album was quickly put on hold so that "Mysterious Ways" could be added to the track list. The rejigged album was released in the US in late October 1991, coinciding with the US release of the movie, and internationally. The album was also reissued in the UK, with "Mysterious Ways" - but not in Japan. There, "Mysterious Ways" was released as a 7-track EP. The EP includes the exclusive track "Melt", which Fordham had recorded for the Japanese movie The Flying Pennta in 1991.[3]

The song became a popular pop-standard in the Philippines when it was reintroduced by Filipino singer Nina in 2005.[4]

  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 4 January 1992. p. 5.
  2. ^ "The Butcher's Wife (1991)". IMDb. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. ^ Swept (Deluxe Edition) reissue. Liner notes. May 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference ph.celebrity.yahoo.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).