| "Love on the Air" | ||||
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| Single by David Gilmour | ||||
| from the album About Face | ||||
| B-side | "Let's Get Metaphysical" | |||
| Released | 24 April 1984 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 | |||
| Studio | Pathé Marconi Studio (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:19 | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
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"Love on the Air" is a song by Pink Floyd's guitarist, David Gilmour. The track was released as the second single from his second solo studio album About Face (1984).[1]
The lyrics to the track were written by the Who's main songwriter Pete Townshend, and the music was by Gilmour himself.[1] The lyrics for the track were written within a day, after Gilmour had asked for Townshend's help.[2] Townshend had also written the lyrics to another track from About Face, "All Lovers are Deranged".[1]
The single was only released in the UK, but sales were poor, despite the single also being available as a 7" picture disc.
Gilmour performed the track live on his 1984 tour, and in 1985 as a member of Townshend's supergroup, Deep End,[1] a recording of which was released on Townshend's live album Live: Brixton Academy '85 (2004).
