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Love on Top of Love
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Love on Top of Love
| cover = Gracejonesloveontopoflove.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Grace Jones
| album = Bulletproof Heart
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| released = October 1989
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| label = Capitol
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| prev_title = Victor Should Have Been a Jazz Musician
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = Amado Mio
| next_year = 1990
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"'Love on Top of Love'" is a song by Grace Jones released in 1989 as the first single from Jones' ninth studio album 'Bulletproof Heart' .
Background
"Love on Top of Love", subtitled "Killer Kiss" on single releases, was produced by C+C Music Factory's David Cole and Robert Clivilles. Another album track, "On My Way", made the single B-side in the UK, while "Dream", a track available only on 'Bulletproof Heart' CD releases, elsewhere. The song met with considerable success and reached #1 on the 'Billboard' Hot Club Dance Play chart for two weeks in December 1989.
Music video
The music video features Jones wearing a swimsuit and sunglasses in a pool with a black-and-white screen in the background showing her smoking. A subsequent scenes show Jones in bed wearing a swim cap while surrounded by men. Jones originally shot the video with a Danish actor Sven-Ole Thorsen, whom she dated, playing her boyfriend but his scenes were cut out. The video was directed by Greg Gorman.
Track listing
*'7" single'
:A. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" 4:57
:B. "Dream" 3:26
*'UK 7" single'
:A. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" 4:57
:B. "On My Way" 4:26
*'12" single'
:A1. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) 6:21
:A2. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Dub Mix) 6:26
:B1. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (Grace's Swing Mix) 7:32
:B2. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) 7:45
*'German 12" single'
:A. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) 6:22
:B1. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Dub Mix) 6:27
:B2. "Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) 7:10
*'UK CD maxi-single'
#"Love on Top of Love" (single version) 5:00
#"Love on Top of Love" (garage house mix version) 7:10
#"Love on Top of Love" (swing mix version) 7:46
*'UK CD promotional single'
#"Love on Top of Love" (single version) 4:36
#"Love on Top of Love" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) 6:21
*'German CD maxi-single'
#"Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Club Mix) 6:22
#"Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Funky Dred Dub Mix) 6:27
#"Love on Top of Love (Killer Kiss)" (The Cole & Clivilles Garage House Mix) 7:10
Chart performance
References
Category:1989 singles
Category:Grace Jones songs
Category:Songs written by Grace Jones
Category:Song recordings produced by Robert Clivills
Category:1989 songs
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:House music songs
Category:Freestyle music songs
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