It Must Be Love
Madness
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Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
Madness released the career-spanning compilation "Hit Parade" on 21 November 2025, which includes "It Must Be Love" among 27 Top 40 hits spanning 45 singles. [1] The song is a long-running staple in the Madness catalogue, having originally reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart in 1981 and number 6 after a 1992 reissue. [2]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Covered Alistair Griffinsource
- Covered Courteenerssource
- Covered Hank Marvinsource
- Covered Jamie Lenmansource
- Covered Jasper Steverlincksource
- Covered Jeff Tweedysource
- Covered Kate Ceberanosource
- Written by Labi Siffresource
- Covered Labi Siffresource
- Covered Out of the Bluesource
- Covered Paolo Nutinisource
- Covered The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonicansource
- Covered Wilcosource
Across markets · earliest pickup first
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No country chart has carried this song yet.
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Editions
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Identity
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- Slug
- madness__it-must-be-love
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About a sixth of the catalogue carries an ISRC today and the share grows nightly. Until one arrives this song is joined on its slug alone, which can merge or split.
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