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"Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)"
Single by Duran Duran
from the album Liberty
B-side	"Throb"
Released	23 July 1990 (1990-07-23)
Studio	Olympic (London)
Length	4:20 (album version)
Label	EMI Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Simon Le Bon John Taylor James Bates Warren Cuccurullo Sterling Campbell
Producer(s)	Duran Duran Chris Kimsey
Duran Duran singles chronology
"Burning the Ground" (1989) "Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)" (1990) "Serious" (1990)
Music video
"Violence of Summer" on YouTube

"Violence of Summer (Love's Taking Over)" is a song by the English pop rock band Duran Duran, released on 23 July 1990 as the first single from their sixth studio album, Liberty (1990). The single reached number two in Italy but fared poorly in other countries, reaching number 20 in the United Kingdom and number 64 in the United States.

Release

"Violence of Summer" was released on 23 July 1990 in the United Kingdom as a 7-inch single, a 12-inch single, a CD single, and a cassette single. Two weeks later, on 6 August, another 12-inch single featuring "Throb" as a B-side was issued. In Japan, a mini-CD single was issued on 10 August 1990.

B-sides and remixes

Across various singles seven remixes of "Violence of Summer" were released. Initial copies of the UK 12-inch included a limited edition poster. The B-side, "Throb", is an ambient instrumental remix of Liberty album track "My Antarctica". The use of a remixed album track would be repeated with the inclusion of "Water Babies", a remix of "All Along the Water" on the "Serious" single.

Track listings

Personnel

• Simon Le Bon – vocals
• Nick Rhodes – keyboards
• John Taylor – bass guitar
• Warren Cuccurullo – guitar
• Sterling Campbell – drums

Charts

References

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• 1990 songs
• 1990 singles
• Capitol Records singles
• Duran Duran songs
• EMI Records singles
• Music videos directed by Big T.V.
• Song recordings produced by Chris Kimsey
• Songs written by John Taylor (bass guitarist)
• Songs written by Nick Rhodes
• Songs written by Simon Le Bon
• Songs written by Sterling Campbell
• Songs written by Warren Cuccurullo