Warm Love

1973 song by Van Morrison

"Warm Love"
Single by Van Morrison
from the album Hard Nose the Highway
A-side"Warm Love"
B-side"I Will Be There"
Released25 April 1973
Recorded1972
GenreFolk rock, R&B
Length3:22
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Van Morrison
Producer(s)Van Morrison
Van Morrison singles chronology
"Gypsy"
(1973) 		"Warm Love"
(1973) 		"Bein' Green"
(1973)

"Warm Love" is a hit song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison.

The song was included on his 1973 album Hard Nose the Highway. It was a Top Forty single hit when released in April 1973.[1] Jackie DeShannon sang back-up vocals.

Comments

ZigZag's review called it "a second cousin to 'Crazy Love' and almost as good."[1] It was a popular concert performance tune for Morrison during the seventies.

Stephen Holden in his Rolling Stone review of the Hard Nose the Highway songs said, "Next is the ingratiatingly melodic 'Warm Love', which embodies in all its details a sensuous appreciation of life and music."[2] Billboard praised Morrison's vocal performance.[3]

Cash Box said that "Van Morrison returns to his "Crazy Love" style" for a song that "should continue his string of hits."[4] Record World said that "it is a mellower sound for singer/songwriter than many of his previous 45s."[5]

Van Morrison said:

"It is just a boy and girl song, walking on the beach. It's a young song. I can't really add to that, except to note that this is a musical love affair, with the girl bringing her guitar."[6]

Other releases

"Warm Love" was one of the songs included on Morrison's 1974 acclaimed live album, It's Too Late to Stop Now. This version of the song was also featured as the B-side of the single "Gloria", only released in Germany. It was also included on the compilation album The Best of Van Morrison that was released in 1990, and is one of the hits remastered and included on Morrison's 2007 compilation album, Still on Top - The Greatest Hits.

Personnel

Covers

Notes

  1. ^ a b Yorke, Into the Music, p. 102
  2. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Review
  3. ^ "Radio Action & Pick Singles" (PDF). Billboard. 12 May 1973. p. 56. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 12 May 1973. p. 24. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. 12 May 1973. p. 8. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  6. ^ Hinton, Celtic Crossroads, p.149

References

  • Hinton, Brian (1997). Celtic Crossroads: The Art of Van Morrison, Sanctuary, ISBN 1-86074-169-X
  • Yorke, Ritchie (1975). Into The Music, London: Charisma Books, ISBN 0-85947-013-X
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Van Morrison singles
1960s1970s
1970
"Come Running"
"Crazy Love"
"Domino"
1971
"Blue Money"
"Call Me Up in Dreamland"
"Wild Night"
1972
"Tupelo Honey"
"(Straight to Your Heart) Like a Cannonball"
"Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)"
"Redwood Tree"
1973
"Gypsy"
"Warm Love"
"Bein' Green"
1974
"Bulbs"
"Caldonia"
"Gloria"
1977
"The Eternal Kansas City"
"Moondance"
1978
"Wavelength"
1979
"Bright Side of the Road"
"Full Force Gale"
1980s
1980
"You Make Me Feel So Free"
1982
"Cleaning Windows"
"Scandinavia"
1984
"Dweller on the Threshold"
1985
"Tore Down a la Rimbaud"
1986
"Ivory Tower"
1987
"Did Ye Get Healed?"
"Someone like You"
1988
"Queen of the Slipstream
"I'll Tell Me Ma
1989
"Have I Told You Lately"
"Whenever God Shines His Light"
"Orangefield"
1990s
1990
"Coney Island"
"Gloria"
"Real Real Gone"
1991
"Enlightenment"
"I Can't Stop Loving You"
"Why Must I Always Explain?"
1993
"Gloria"
1995
"Have I Told You Lately"
"Days Like This"
"Perfect Fit"
1996
"That's Life"
1997
"The Healing Game"
"Rough God Goes Riding"
1999
"Precious Time"
"Back on Top"
2000s
2002
"Hey Mr. DJ"