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Be My Lover Now
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Wikipedia article
"'Be My Lover Now'" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the album 'Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder'. It was released as a single in the UK in August 1985 where it reached number 74 in the singles charts and remained in the charts for 1 week. It was the third and final single to be released from the brief Oakey/Moroder partnership which had started with the single "Together in Electric Dreams" (1984).[http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/be_my_lover.htm Kolling, Niels]
Because the single was not a commercial success and neither was the album, it effectively ended the short-lived partnership between Oakey and Moroder in 1985. Oakey returned to work with his band, The Human League, full-time.
Music video
The music video for "Be My Lover Now" was less extravagant than the high budget video for the previous single "Good-Bye Bad Times".
The video has a surreal theme and features Philip Oakey performing on stage in an ornate theatre, with 3 female backing singers/dancers and two female podium dancers either side of the stage who are dressed identically to an audience of identical blue dress wearing female 'clones' in their 30s/40s who are competing for Oakey's attention.
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