Love Ain't Here Anymore

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"Love Ain't Here Anymore"
UK CD1
Single by Take That
from the album Everything Changes
B-side"The Party Remix"
Released27 June 1994 (1994-06-27)[1]
GenrePop
Length3:57
Label
Songwriter(s)Gary Barlow
Producer(s)
  • Steve Jervier
  • Paul Jervier
  • Jonathan Wales
Take That singles chronology
"Everything Changes"
(1994)
"Love Ain't Here Anymore"
(1994)
"Sure"
(1994)
Music video
"Love Ain't Here Anymore" on
YouTube

"Love Ain't Here Anymore" is a song by English

UK Singles Chart, ending their string of consecutive number-one singles. It failed to overtake Wet Wet Wet's cover of "Love Is All Around" at number one, and American R&B group, All-4-One, who reached number two with "I Swear". "Love Ain't Here Anymore" was re-recorded for release in the United States and included on their first Greatest Hits
compilation in 1996.

Take That also recorded a

B-side to Take That's following single, "Sure", while the English version appears on the United States single of "Back for Good". "Love Ain't Here Anymore" has received a silver sales status certification for sales of over 200,000 copies in the UK. A new, re-recorded version of the song appears as a track on the group's 2018 compilation album Odyssey, featuring vocals from US singing group Boyz II Men
.

Critical reception

Peter Fawthrop from

Beatles."[4] Pop Rescue commented, "Turn the lights down for "Love Ain’t Here Anymore", with Gary singing his regrets out". They also deemed it "a mid-tempo ballad, with soaring strings that fit perfectly with the vocal range of the group".[5]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single. It shows the band performing the song in what appears to be a recording studio. Lighting effects are used to make the video more complex and appealing showing silhouettes of the band.

Track listings

"Rock 'n' Roll Medley" contains versions of "

Born to Hand Jive
".

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[33] Silver 200,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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