In the Name of Love (Thompson Twins song)

"In the Name of Love"
Single by Thompson Twins
from the album Set
ReleasedJanuary 1982
Genre
Length3:18 (7")
5:39 (12")
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Tom Bailey
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
Thompson Twins singles chronology
"Politics"
(1981)
"In the Name of Love"
(1982)
"Runaway"
(1982)

"In the Name of Love" is a 1982 single written and performed by the English pop band Thompson Twins, at the time a septet (Tom Bailey, Alannah Currie, Joe Leeway, John Roog, Chris Bell, Peter Dodd, and Matthew Seligman). It was the first of twelve entries on the Billboard Dance chart for the group.

"In the Name of Love" went to number one on the Dance music chart and stayed there for five weeks, and spent a total of twenty-one weeks on the chart. It peaked at number sixty-nine on the Billboard R&B chart.