Love Like Blood (song)

"Love Like Blood" is a song by English rock band Killing Joke. Described by guitarist Geordie Walker as "disco with distorted guitar", the song was released on 25 January 1985 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Night Time (1985). Produced by Chris Kimsey, the song is characterised as gothic rock and new wave. It was a top 10 hit in the Netherlands, Belgium and New Zealand and peaked at number 16 in the United Kingdom.

"Love Like Blood" was originally released by E.G. Records in January 1985 as a 7" and 12" single in the UK and various other European markets.

The song remains very fondly remembered in the Netherlands and in Belgium, as it has appeared on the former country's annual Top 2000 songs of all time countdown every year since 2011. Its highest position was No. 554 in 2000. In Belgium, the song is a continuous staple of the so-called 'New Wave/Goth party' circuit, which are parties almost exclusively dedicated to the new wave, (proto) goth and, to an extent, EBM music prevalent in the 80's, with bands like Killing Joke, The Cure, Joy Division, The Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus, Front 242 among many others being chief among these parties' music selection. Belgian rock radio Willy presents an annual 'New Wave Top 100' around the end of October (Halloween/ All Saints Day, the latter being an official holiday remembering the dead in Belgium) in which 'Love Like Blood' continuously ranks highly.