Be My Lover Now

"Be My Lover Now" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder. It was released as a single in the UK in August 1985 where it reached number 74 in the singles charts and remained in the charts for 1 week. It was the third and final single to be released from the brief Oakey/Moroder partnership which had started with the single "Together in Electric Dreams" (1984).[1]

"Be My Lover Now"
Single by Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey
from the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
ReleasedAugust 1985
Recorded1985
GenreSynth-pop, new wave
Length3:42
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)Moroder and Oakey
Producer(s)Giorgio Moroder
Philip Oakey singles chronology
"Good-Bye Bad Times"
(1985)
"Be My Lover Now"
(1985)
"What Comes After Goodbye"
(1990)
Giorgio Moroder singles chronology
"Good-Bye Bad Times"
(1985)
"Be My Lover Now"
(1985)
"To Be Number One"
(1990)
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Because the single was not a commercial success and neither was the album, it effectively ended the short-lived partnership between Oakey and Moroder in 1985. Oakey returned to work with his band, The Human League, full-time.

Music video

Philip Oakey in music video for "Be My Lover Now"

The music video for "Be My Lover Now" was less extravagant than the high budget video for the previous single "Good-Bye Bad Times".

The video has a surreal theme and features Philip Oakey performing on stage in an ornate theatre, with 3 female backing singers/dancers and two female podium dancers either side of the stage who are dressed identically to an audience of identical blue dress wearing female 'clones' in their 30s/40s who are competing for Oakey's attention.

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