"In the Name of Love" is a 1982 single written and performed by British pop band Thompson Twins, at the time a septet (Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, John Roog, Chris Bell, Peter Dodd, and Matthew Seligman). It was the first of twelve entries on the Billboard dance chart for the group. Show "In the Name of Love" went to number one on the dance music chart and stayed there for five weeks, and spent a total of twenty-one weeks on the chart.[1] It peaked at number sixty-nine on the Billboard R&B chart.[2]
The track was newly remixed in 1988 by Shep Pettibone and included as "In the Name of Love '88" on the Greatest Mixes compilation album. The single peaked at #46 in the UK, spending 3 weeks on the chart.[3] The single fared better in America, where it peaked at #1 on the US Billboard Dance/Club Play chart.[4] Formats[edit]7" Single (1982)
12" Single (1982)
7" Single
12" Single
12" Single (US)
CD Single
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Popular culture[edit]The song has been featured in the films Ghostbusters (1984) and Edge of Seventeen (1998). See also[edit]
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Are the Thompson twins still together?Bailey and Currie divorced in 2003, and both left New Zealand to live separately in the UK. Currie later married Jimmy Cauty (formerly of the KLF) and now lives and works in London.
Who was the girl in Thompson Twins?Alannah Joy Currie (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand artist based in London. She is a musician and activist, best known as a former member of the pop band Thompson Twins.
Where did the Thompson twins get their name from?Thompson Twins was a British pop band that formed in April 1977. The band was named after the two bumbling detectives Thomson and Thompson in Hergé's comic strip The Adventures of Tintin.
Are Thompson Twins related?Confusingly for many people at the time, the Twins numbered more than two, and none of them were related. They started out as a relative tribe of seven, in fact, only to fall down to a core trio by the time their second professional LP, Side Kicks, hit the charts.
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