Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Album: Rose Royce III: Strikes Again! (1978)
Charted: 2 32
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Songfacts®:

  • This was written by Miles Gregory after his wife left him, emptied the house and wrote in lipstick on the bedroom wall "Love don't live here anymore."
  • British jazz fusion duo Morrissey-Mullen covered this in 1979. Their version was EMI's first-ever digital recording of a non-classical music piece and was released as a limited edition 12" EP.
  • Madonna's cover of this song was recorded for her 1984 album Like a Virgin. A remixed version was released in some territories.
  • The English actor and singer Jimmy Nail's 1985 cover produced by Queen's Roger Taylor peaked at #3 in the UK. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for all above

Comments: 1

  • German from Costa Mesa, CaThis is a beautifull written song... the vocal delivery by Rose Norwalt is OUTTA THIS WORLD! Wow, she sang her ass off on this track! Goodness.
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