![]() In late 1981, the song was re-released on the band's second studio album, Pretenders II. The song was also released on the band's Extended Play in March 1981. The single also saw some success in the United States, reaching number five on the Mainstream Rock chart and number 44 on the Dance Club chart. The single was a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom, entering the charts at number 28 and peaking at number 11 in its second week on the charts. The B-side of the single was "Porcelain" (another Extended Play track). "Message of Love" was initially released as a single in February 1981. The song quotes Oscar Wilde with the lyric, "We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars". Lyrically, the song features, as described by Mason, "undistinguished 'love power' lyrics". with skittering snare fills that give the song a paradoxically driving rhythm." The song was characterized by Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine as a "tough" rocker. Music and lyrics ĭescribed by Stewart Mason of Allmusic as a "fairly standard rocker", "Message of Love" features a "a stop-start beat. At the time of the creation of Pretenders II, Hynde found confidence in the song's radio success, saying "I knew that people still liked us and we were getting airplay with 'Message of Love', ' Talk of the Town', ' I Go to Sleep '". "Message of Love", one of the first songs created following Pretenders, was recorded in Paris. rehearsed it already set up in the studio and it was on tape in two hours, basically." The song, as bassist Pete Farndon said, initially featured multiple sound effects (among them were sounds of car accidents recorded by the band on Paris streets) but most of them were removed from the final released version. but this time she hadn't really finished it and so we just. likes to come to when she has finished in her mind. Chambers explained, "We never really got into the studio without any rehearsal and record a song, we have done that once and that was 'Message of Love'. It has since been praised by critics as a highlight of Pretenders II.Īccording to drummer Martin Chambers, the song was largely formed in the studio based on a rough sketch presented by Hynde. Released first as a single and then on the Pretenders' 1981 EP Extended Play, it was later re-released on the band's 1981 album Pretenders II.Ī band effort largely composed in the studio, the song was a radio hit and reached number 11 in the United Kingdom. ![]() " Message of Love" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde and performed by the Pretenders.
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