"Your Love Takes Me Higher" is a single by The Beloved.
"Your Love Takes Me Higher" appears on the Happinessalbum. Remixes also appear on the Blissed Outalbum. The first release of the single came in a selection of formats and spent three weeks in the UK charts, only peaking at number 91. The single was re-released in 1990 and fared much better, reaching number 39 in the UK charts.
Critical reception
In their 1990-review of the song, Music & Media commented, "The Beloved are probably the most sophisticated of the post-house pop boom. They combine the thumping rhythms of that genre with an ability to manipulate atmospherics that meshes perfectly with the current nouveau hippy mentality. Add a dash of humour, a disciplined production and you have one of the best new bands around."[1] David Giles from Music Week wrote, "Their blueprint is pretty sound, though the vocals let the whole thing down by being flat and indie-like rather than stirring and emotive. They've got a long way to go yet."[2]
Track listings
Original UK 7-inch single (1989)
Your Love Takes Me Higher
Paradise (My Darling, My Angel)
Original UK 12-inch single #1 (1989) (WEA YZ-357 T)
Your Love Takes Me Higher (the pod went pop) 8:13
Your Love Takes Me Higher (magic juan's sex) 6:10
Your Love Takes Me Higher (burning with dj desire) 5:12
Original UK 12-inch single #2 (1989) (WEA YZ-357 TX) ["Angelic Mixes"]
Your Love Takes Me Higher (deep joy) 7:10
Your Love Takes Me Higher (new beats for old) 2:25
Your Love Takes Me Higher (simply divine) 5:06
Your Love Takes Me Higher (divinely simple) 4:15
Original UK CD single (1989) CD3" (WEA YZ-357 CD)
Your Love Takes Me Higher 3:42
Paradise (My Darling, My Angel) 4:39
Your Love Takes Me Higher (rise up higher) 5:27
Your Love Takes Me Higher (beautiful) 6:18
Original US promo CD single (1989) CD5" (Atlantic PR2893-2)
Your Love Takes Me Higher 3:41
Your Love Takes Me Higher (deep joy) 7:20
Your Love Takes Me Higher (the pod went pop) 8:15
Re-released UK 7-inch single (1990)
Your Love Takes Me Higher
Pablo
Re-released UK 12-inch single #1 (1990) (WEA YZ-463 T)
Your Love Takes Me Higher (deep joy) 7:00
Your Love Takes Me Higher 3:37
Your Love Takes Me Higher (simply divine) 5:06
Your Love Takes Me Higher (rise up higher edit) 4:27
Re-released UK 12-inch single #2 (1990) (WEA YZ-463 TX)
Your Love Takes Me Higher (chillum willum) 8:40
Your Love Takes Me Higher (calyx of isis) 10:44
Re-released UK CD single (1990) CD5" (WEA YZ-463 CD)
Your Love Takes Me Higher 3:40
Your Love Takes Me Higher (deep joy - early fade) 6:59