"Love Pains" is a dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 song written by Michael Price, Dan Walsh, Steve Barri

Steve Barri

Steve Barri is an American songwriter and record producer.Early in his career Barri was a staff writer with Dunhill Records. He frequently collaborated with P.F. Sloan, and the partners were responsible for the success of The Grass Roots and contributed largely to the band's first album...

 and originally recorded by Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Elliman

Yvonne Marianne Elliman is an American singer who performed for four years in the first cast of Jesus Christ Superstar...

 in 1979.

Yvonne Elliman version

"Love Pains" was a hit for Elliman in 1979

1979 in music

See also:Record labels established in 1979* 1979 in music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1979.-January–February:*January 1...

, reaching #34 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart as well as #2 on Hot Dance Club Play

Hot Dance Club Play

The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...

, and #33 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Love Pains" would be Elliman's final chart single, Elliman's extended hiatus from the music business commencing soon after the release of the track's parent album Yvonne which was the last release of newly recorded music by Elliman until her 2004 EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Simple Needs.

In 1982 Moby Dick Records were in the process of re-releasing remixes of previous hits for their Gold Standard label when Rob Kimbel presented them with a remix of "Love Pains." The remix was released as a single and sales for the Moby Dick 12" single surpassed sales of the original record.

Track listings

12" Vinyl, US 1979 US (RPO 1019)

1. Love Pains (5:45)
2. Love Pains (5:45)

12" Moby Dick Records 1982 US (MDR 1201)

1. Love Pains (Special DJ Edited Version 7:56)
2. Love Pains (5:45)

Chart

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	34
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	33

Liza Minnelli version

"Love Pains" is the fourth and final single from Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....

's Results album. It was released in the UK on April 1990 by Epic Records. The track was produced by the Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys

Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....

 and Julian Mendelsohn.

The single's b-side is Liza's take on the Pet Shop Boys single "Rent

Rent (song)

"Rent" is a 1987 single by the Pet Shop Boys. It was released in the UK by Parlophone on 12 October 1987. The lyrics deal with a financially one-sided relationship, i.e...

", which also features on Results.

Steve "Silk" Hurley was commissioned to create several mixes for "Love Pains" which are spread across the single's various formats.

The single almost reached the top 40, stalling at #41. This was 21 places higher than the last single, "So Sorry, I Said

So Sorry, I Said

So Sorry, I Said is the third single from Liza Minnelli's Results album. The single was released by Epic Records in December 1989.The single stalled in the charts just outside the top 60 at #62...

".

Chart

Chart (1990)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	41

Tracklisting

7": Epic / ZEE 4 (UK)

1. "Love Pains" (hurley's radio edit) - 3:54
2. "Love Pains" - 4:10
   • • also available on MC (ZEE M4)

12": Epic / ZEE T4 (UK)

1. "Love Pains" (hurley's mix) - 5:34
2. "Love Pains" (deep dub) - 4:40
3. "Rent" - 3:54

12": Epic / ZEE QT4 (UK)

1. "Love Pains" (deep house pains) - 5:04
2. "Love Pains" (hurley's radio edit) - 3:54
3. "Rent" - 3:54

• ltd ed gatefold

12": Epic / 49-73166 (US)

1. "Love Pains" (hurley's mix) - 5:34
2. "Love Pains" (hurley's radio edit) - 3:54
3. "Love Pains" (hurley's instrumental) - 4:08
4. "Love Pains" (deep house pains) - 5:04
5. "Love Pains" (deep dub) - 4:40

12": Epic / 655593-6 (Germany)

1. "Love Pains" - 4:10
2. "Rent" - 3:54
3. "Losing My Mind" (ultimix dub) - 5:07

CD: Epic / ZEE C4 (UK)

1. "Love Pains" - 4:10
2. "Love Pains" (hurley's mix) - 5:34
3. "Rent" - 3:54

Hazell Dean version

Phil Harding & Ian Curnow produced a version of "Love Pains" for PWL

PWL

Pete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....

 artist Hazell Dean

Hazell Dean

Hazell Dean is a British dance-pop singer, who achieved her biggest success in the 1980s as a leading Hi-NRG artist. She is best known for the top ten hits "Searchin' ", "Whatever I Do " and "Who's Leaving Who"...

, who took the track to #48 on the UK charts in August 1989.

Chart

Chart (1989)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	48

Track listings

Vinyl, 12" 1989 DE (PWLT 44)

1. Love Pains (7:55)
2. More Than Words Can Say (4:30)

CD Maxi-Single, 1989 UK (DOLE D12)

1. Love Pains (7" Version) (4:05)
2. Love Pains (Long Version) (7:55)
3. More Than Words Can Say (4:30)

Other versions

Viola Wills

Viola Wills

Viola Wills was an American pop singer, best known for the 1979 UK Singles Chart #8 and U.S. Hot Dance Club Play #52 hit, "Gonna Get Along Without You Now". Other hits included further covers of the songs, "Both Sides Now" , and "If You Could Read My Mind" Viola Wills (December 30,...

 released her own house

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 version of the song in 1989.

Almighty Records

Almighty Records

Almighty Records is a British recording label and remix production team founded in 1989, releasing their first single in the same year. Producing mainly Dance-Pop and Hi-NRG music, the label is best known for releasing remakes and remixes of mainstream pop songs...

 created a version of "Love Pains" for use on the UK TV series Queer as Folk

Queer as Folk (UK TV series)

Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies...

. The track, credited to an artist called Obsession, was included on the Gold-selling soundtrack

Soundtrack

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 released in March 1999. The song was also used as a B-side to Obsession's 1999 single "On A Day Like Today."

"Love Pains" has also been recorded by Kelly Marie

Kelly Marie

Kelly Marie is a Scottish disco singer. Her only notable hit was "Feels Like I'm in Love", a #1 hit in the UK in 1980.-Early career:...

 and - rendered in Dutch as "Vrij Zijn" - by Petra.

Track listings (Viola Wills)

Vinyl, 7" BE (MMI 8927 )

1. Love Pains (4:12)
2. Love Pains (Instrumental) (4:12)