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Madness – It Must Be Love [Original Single] (1981) | Track profile | Dork

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It Must Be Love [Original Single]

Release date: 25th November 1981

From It Must Be Love [Single]

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About This Track

"It Must Be Love [Original Single]" is a track by Madness, from the album It Must Be Love [Single], released 25th November 1981. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Madness

Madness

Lyrics

It Must Be Love [Original Single]

[Verse 1]

I never thought I'd miss you

Half as much as I do

And I never thought I'd feel this way

The way I feel about you

[Pre-Chorus]

As soon as I wake up every night, every day

I know that it's you I need to take the blues away

[Chorus]

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

Nothing more, nothing less

Love is the best

[Verse 2]

How can it be that we can

Say so much without words?

Bless you and bless me

Bless the bees and the birds

[Pre-Chorus]

I've got to be near you every night, every day

I couldn't be happy any other way

[Chorus]

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

Nothing more, nothing less

Love is the best

[Pre-Chorus]

As soon as I wake up every night, every day

I know that it's you I need to take the blues away

[Outro]

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

It must be love, love, love

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From It Must Be Love [Single]

1981

Album

It Must Be Love [Single]

Release year

1981

—It Must Be Love [Original Single]

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