Moments in Love
"Moments in Love" is the third single by Art of Noise and written by Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan, and Paul Morley. Although the original 10-minute version appeared on both the Into Battle with the Art of Noise release in 1983 and the Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? album in 1984, "Moments In Love" wasn't released globally as a commercial single until 1985, when the song was featured on the "Pumping Iron II: The Women" soundtrack. The version that was used on this soundtrack was "Moments in Love (Beaten)". Reissues followed in 1986 and 1987, in some markets. Copyright dates indicate the edits & remixes were prepared in 1984.
Singles generally featured shortened edits of the album version. The 12-inch remixes were "Moments In Love (Beaten)" and the slower "Love Beat". On the Daft compilation, the former was retitled "Love", and an edit of the latter was called "(Three Fingers Of) Love". 12-inch and CD singles also included an edit of "Beat Box (Diversion One)", listed on the releases either as "Beatbox Diversion 10" or just "Beat Box".
The 1999/2000 remixes were triggered by Rob Searle's bootleg mix "Moments In Time" and would eventually end in a cancelled release under the 'Vision' moniker.
Formats and track listing
7": ZTT. / ZTPS 02 United Kingdom
- "Moments In Love (7'' Single Version)" – 4:40
- "Beat Box (Diversion Ten)" – 3:58
12" (Moments In Love: The Art Of Noise's Love Beat 12"): ZTT. / 12ZTPS 02 United Kingdom
- "Moments In Love (Beaten)" – 7:00
- "Moments In Love (7" Single Version)" – 4:40
- "Beatbox (Diversion Ten)" – 3:58
- "Love Beat" – 5:15
12": ZTT / Island Records 0-96839 United States
- "Moments In Love (Beaten)" – 7:00
- "Moments In Love (7" Single Version)" – 4:40
- "Beatbox (Diversion Ten)" – 3:58
- "Love Beat" – 5:15
Cassette (The Tortoise and the Hare): ZTT. / CTIS 109 United Kingdom
- "Moments In Love" – 8:37
- "Moments In Love (Beaten)" – 5:33
- "Love Beat" – 5:15
- "Beat Box (Diversion Ten)" – 3:58
Tracks 1–3 are edits unique to the cassette release.[1]
Moments in Love versions
- "Moments in Love (Album Version)" – 10:15
- "Moments In Love (7'' Single Version)" – 4:40
- "Moments In Love (Beaten)" – 7:00*
- "Love Beat" – 5:15
- "(Three Fingers Of) Love" – 4:44**
- "Moments In Love [7'' Master Rejected]" – 3:44***
- "Moments In Love" – 5:10***
- "Moments in Bed" – 6:12***
- "Moments In Love (Demo)" – 7:52***
- "Moments In Love (Incomplete)" – 1:06***
- "Moment In Love" – 1:22***
- "Moments In Love (From Battle To Beaten)" – 14:28***
Note:
- * "Moments in Love (Beaten)" is also known as "Love". This version also appears on the "Art of the 12", Volume 1", albeit with a shorter outro.
- ** "(Three Fingers Of) Love" is an Edit version of "Love Beat".
- *** Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 can be found on the 4CD compilation And What Have You Done With My Body God?
Sampling and usage
"Moments in Love" was:
- played at one of Madonna's weddings
- sampled by LL Cool J in the "Doin It" remix, which featured on The Nutty Professor soundtrack
- sampled by Mýa in her hit single "It's All About Me," which featured Sisqó
- sampled by JT and the Big Family on their 1990 hit "Moments in Soul"
- used in the soundtrack of the movie Pumping Iron II: The Women
- featured in the Indian movie Koi...Mil Gaya
- name-dropped in the opening pages of Sister Souljah's 2011 novel Midnight and the Meaning of Love (as "Moments of Love")
- sampled by Charli XCX in the song “Moments of Love” on her 2012 mixtape Super Ultra
- used in a number of advertisements
- remixed, covered, and sampled by numerous other artists.
- Freshmeat
The "Moments in Love (Beaten)" is heavily used in a 1989 Mexican telenovela My Second Mother.
References
- K.M. Whitehouse (6 April 2017). "THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE FEATURING MOMENTS IN LOVE". The Art of Noise Online. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
All tracks were exclusive to this cassette single. Although the mixes are titled the same as on the 12" Moments In Love (The Art Of Noise's Love Beat 12") and its later reissues on European / Japanese CD Singles, they are in fact different variations.