"Love on the Air"
Single by David Gilmour
from the album About Face
B-side"Let's Get Metaphysical"
Released24 April 1984 (1984-04-24)
Recorded1983
StudioPathé Marconi Studio (Boulogne-Billancourt, France)
GenreSoft rock
Length4:19
LabelHarvest
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
David Gilmour singles chronology
"Blue Light"
(1984)		 "Love on the Air"
(1984)		 "On an Island"
(2006)

"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).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Miles, Barry; Mabbett, Andy (1994). Pink Floyd the visual documentary (Updated ed.). Omnibus. ISBN 0711941092.
  2. ↑ Perna, Alan di (2012). Guitar Masters: Intimate Portraits. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9781480329706..
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