Love Plus One

Album: Pelican West (1982)
Charted: 3 37
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  • I, I went off to the right
    Without saying good goodbye
    Where does it go from here?
    Is it down to the lake I fear?
    Ay ay ay ay ay ah
    Ay ay ay ay ay ah

    Then I call
    Ring, ring, ring, ring
    La la love plus one
    Ring, ring, ring, ring
    When I call love

    Give love some soul
    If I may be quite so bold
    Where does it go from here?
    Is it down to the lake I fear?
    Ay ay ay ay ay ah
    Ay ay ay ay ay ah

    Then I call
    Ring, ring, ring, ring
    La la love plus one
    Ring, ring, ring, ring
    When I call love
    Love plus one Writer/s: NICK HEYWARD
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

  • Darrin from MiOne of my top 10 songs of all time. Preppy to the max. I had no idea what the song was talking about until I read about it. I didn't, really, like the video. "Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl)" is a better video.
    As a youngster, when this came out it gave me hope in a world filled with so much negativity. Certainly a bright spot in my life.
  • Zack from Calgary, AlbertaSomeone suggested on another website that "down to the lake I fear" is about suicide. The lyrics in this song do feel like a one-way conversation, with no one answering the other end of the phone call for love. It could be that these song lyrics are about not finding love and considering drowning. Above all, suicide is never an option! It could also just be the lyrics were assembled so they sound amazing together :)
  • Zack from Calgary, AlbertaThis song was introduced to me on the Rhino Melennium Party 80s New Wave CD, that a family friend lent me to download. The song is totally catchy and ubeat :) The theme in the lyrics, about calling on a phone, only started making sense to me after I saw the written lyrics. The music video makes me love the song even more! When I hear the song now, I envision Nick Heyward singing. The whole band seems genuine and joyful in the music video. Even though regretting isn't productive, who knows what other hits this band would have made if they stayed together.
  • Edward Taylor from Dorset, UkSome time ago, Nick Heyward was interviewed on British TV and said that the "down to the lake I fear" line referred to the Falklands War (the South Atlantic was allegedly the "lake" in question). However, given that that conflict was in 1982 and I believe Love Plus One was recorded in 1981, I have my doubts about that!
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn June 26th 1982, Haircut 100 performed "Love Plus One" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    One month earlier on May 6th, 1982 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #89; and on August 1st it peaked at #37 (for 1 week) and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100...
    On the day of the sextet's appearance on 'Bandstand' the song was at #49 on the Top 100...
    This was their only record to make the Top 100 in the U.S.A.; but in their native England they had four Top 10 records between 1981 and 1982.
  • Kayla from Winnipeg, MbI love this song! It's super catchy, I love Nick's song writing! I just love Nick in general, seriously, how adorable was he??! He's still really good looking nowadays, too! The whole "Pelican West" album is amazing! <3
  • Dirk from Nashville, TnWhere does it go from here, indeed.... This song is crazy catchy. The sax is irresistable. The vocals draw you in. That voice-in-a-can that pops up before the refrain is one of those things you wait for when the song comes on. ...But honestly -- what in the world were these lads trying to communicate here? Down to the lake I fear? Nick, baby -- give us a noun or something to work with.
  • Alma from Laredo, TxI have always loved this song. Takes me back when you could turn on MTV and it be playing. i wish I could see the lyrics and continue to reminese.
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