Slave to Love
"Slave to Love" is the first single released from Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry's 1985 release, Boys and Girls. The song is one of Ferry's most popular solo hits. The single was released on 28 April 1985 and spent 9 weeks in the UK charts in 1985, peaking at number 10. Over two months later he would perform the song at Live Aid in the London concert at Wembley Stadium.
The song features Neil Hubbard and Keith Scott on lead guitar, Dire Straits' Guy Fletcher on keyboards, Omar Hakim on drums, and Tony Levin on bass guitar.Music video
A promo video directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino and featuring the Swedish model Christine Bergström, the French model Laurence Treil and the Dutch model Marpessa Hennink was shot to promote the single. The cinematographer was Pascal Lebegue.Track listings
7"
- "Slave to Love"
- "Valentine"
12" UK Single: E'G Records / FERRx 1 881873-1
- "Slave to Love" – 5:56
- "Slave to Love" – 4:23
- "Valentine" – 4:00
Charts
Use in media
- The song appears in the movie Bitter Moon where Emmanuelle Seigner dances to it with Kristin Scott Thomas at the New Year's Eve Ball scene aboard the cruise ship. ¨
- The song appears in the movie Exit to Eden where Dana Delany is carried out of a tub by her assistant.
- The song appears in the movie Fire with Fire where Virginia Madsen dances to it with Craig Sheffer
- The song appears in the season 2 episode of Miami Vice, "Junk Love."
- The song appears on an episode of the series Happy S2 episode 6.
- The song appears on the soundtrack to the film 9½ Weeks.
- The song was used in series 17 of the BBC Silent Witness, "In a Lonely Place" part 2.
- The song was used in a scene of the TV show Pose, Season 1, Episode 2.
- The song was used in the movie .
- In a hallucination, a mouse performs this song in the FX show Legion, Season 2, Episode 6.
- A cover of the song was used in the romantic comedy movie 50 First Dates.
- A poster for the song makes an appearance in the 1986 teen film Ferris Bueller's Day Off, above Ferris' bed, although the song never plays in the film.
