The Night You Murdered Love
~ Recording by ABC
Annotation
Released August 1987.
Annotation last modified on 2010-01-15 16:01 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.1 | The Night You Murdered Love | ?:?? | ABC | The Night You Murdered Love | ABC | Single |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC) | NT 112 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC) | NTRH 4 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City (no price code) | ABC | Album | Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Phonogram | 832 391-2 | |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 832 391-2 Q-1 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), PolyGram | 832 391-4 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 832 391-2 |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | High Life: 24 Hits à la Chart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 816 610-1 |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | High Life: Hits à la Chart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 816 610-4 |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | High Life: Hits à la Chart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 816 610-2 |
| 1.5 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | Club Top 13 International - Januar/Februar 1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Club Top 13 | 17 530 7 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:56 | ABC | Cream of Pop ’88 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polyphon | 819 922-2 |
| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Absolutely | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC), Phonogram, PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 842 967-2 |
| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Absolutely | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 842 967-2 |
| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | ?:?? | ABC | Absolutely | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC), Phonogram | 842 967‐4 |
| 1.15 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Look of Love | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Pop & Wave, Volume 2: More Hits of the 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 472423 2 |
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Rock Collection: Rock Giants | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 527/22 |
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Greatest Hits of the ’80’s, Volume 2: The Definitive Singles Collection 1980–1989 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 8080.6 |
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:56 | ABC | Tears Are Not Enough | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 550 000-2 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.10 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | The Power of Love: Soul to Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL629/22 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City (remastered) | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 832 391-2 |
| 2.4 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Pop & Wave, Volume 2: More Hits From the Fantastic 80’s (1998 rerelease) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 472423 9 |
| 1.5 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Fun de siècle, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 555 730-2 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Pop Toppers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 985933 2 |
| 2.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | The Ultimate Retro Collection, Part 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Projects | 9548375092 |
| 1.12 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | The Look of Love: Best | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | CD 2700020100 B |
| 2.17 | Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Die ultimative 80’er Fete | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 560 935-2 |
| 1.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | One Better World | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Pop der perlt | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation) | 520 600-2 |
| 1.13 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | The Alltime Greatest Disco Classics of the 70s, 80s & 90s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News | 541 613-2 |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 586 237 2 |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.16 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Top 40 Hitdossier 1987-1988 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing Benelux | 092740306-2 |
| 1.5 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | History of Pop 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| 069 890-2 | |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 586 237-2 |
| 1.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | The 80’s | Various Artists | Other + Compilation |
| Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries) | |
| 1.14 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:43 | ABC | Welcome to the Pleasuredome: The Real 80’s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Polystar (Germany) | 069 715-2 |
| 2.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Party Power Pack: 80’s Kult | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick News, Universal Marketing Group (Division specialised in marketing compilations) | 068 780-2 |
| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | The Ultimate Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | The Ultimate Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music B.V. (not for release label use! NL subsidiary of UMG) | 981 263-0 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City (remastered) | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures), Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases) | 983 378-0 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City (remastered) | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), Neutron Records (owned by pop group ABC) | |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Gold | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation) | |
| 1.13 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | One Shot 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures) | 9841095 |
| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Never More Than Now: The ABC Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | 9847289 |
| 3.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Kult3 Disconights | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Brunswick (Imprint of Brunswick Record Corporation), Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”) | 0600753012260 |
| 1.5 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | KulturSPIEGEL - My Generation, CD 17: Goldkettchen & Schulterpolster 1986 (Formel Eins in den Wohnzimmern 1983-1990) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88697515302 |
| 2.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | All of my Heart the Collection | ABC | Album + Compilation |
| Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) | |
| 8.17 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Testament van de Eighties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BR Music (NL-based reissue label), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 533 349/350 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Northworld Recordings | |
| 2.2 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Der letzte Bulle, Volume 4 | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | |
| 1.11 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Club Sounds: The Ultimate Club Dance Collection: 80s (iTunes) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | SME Media (Sony Music) | ||
| 1.7 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:52 | ABC | Kontor - Top of the Clubs - Electric 80s Vol. 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + DJ-mix |
| Kontor Records | 1023694 |
| 8.12 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | De pré historie: De jaren ’80, vol. 2: De ultieme 10 CD collectie (misprint) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Radio 2 (Vlaanderen), Universal Music Belgium | 539.438-3 |
| 3.15 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | NOW Yearbook Extra ’87 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 019828303224, 198028303224, CDYBENOW87 |
| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | |
| 1.9 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | Hifi Visionen: Pop-CD 12 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Hifi Vision | ||
| 1.15 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Hits From the Heart | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| 1.16 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Road Runners, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
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| 1.3 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:53 | ABC | Alphabet City | ABC | Album |
| Phonogram | NTRHC 4 |
| 1.8 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:54 | ABC | Popformule Tophits - Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 2971 61 |
| 1.14 | The Night You Murdered Love | 4:55 | ABC | Best of the ’80s: 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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Relationships
| assistant recording engineer and assistant mixer: | Tim Burrell |
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| recording engineer: | Martyn Webster (engineer) |
| co-producer: | Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer) |
| producer: | Bernard Edwards (American bassist and record producer) Martin Fry Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa) |
| mixer: | Julian Mendelsohn (Australian record producer and engineer) |
| bass: | Brad Lang |
| double bass: | Danny Thompson (English double bass player) |
| drums (drum set): | Graham Broad |
| harmonica: | Judd Lander |
| keyboard: | David Clayton |
| percussion: | Pandit Dinesh Louis Jardim |
| saxophone: | Howie Casey |
| strings arranger: | Richard Niles |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Phonogram Ltd. (London) (company name, NOT a label!) (in 1987) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Marcus Studios in Bayswater, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom |
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| has remixes: | The Night You Murdered Love (Unique Short Mix) The Night You Murdered Love (The Reply) by ABC (English 80s pop group) feat. Contessa Lady V ("The Night You Murdered Love") The Night You Murdered Love (The Sheer-Chic mix) |
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| part of: | The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 74) (order: 74) |
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| recording of: | The Night You Murdered Love |
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Related works
The Night You Murdered Love
| writer: | Martin Fry Mark White (ABC/Vice Versa) |
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| publisher: | 10 Music Ltd. Neutron Music Neutron Music Ltd. |
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