Norm's Top 10 Bananarama songs - #4 'Only Your Love'

We're getting closer and closer to the unveiling of my #1 Bananarama song! On we go with #4, which is...


Angel divine
With you by my side
I can do anything I want to
I'll sacrifice
For you I'd lay down my life
'Cause I was alone without you

We all need somebody
You know I need somebody
No one has to feel alone
We all need some love
You know I need your love
To break these chains around my soul

Only your love
Can free me
Only your love
Can ease me
Only your love
I need it
Only your love
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go

Heat of the flame
That burns in your name
Got to got to got to believe it
Angel of love
Descend from above
Come on and shine your light on me

We all need somebody
You know I need somebody
No one has to feel alone
We all need some love
You know I need your love
To break these chains around my soul

Only your love
Can free me
Only your love
Can ease me
Only your love
I need it
Only your love
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go

Na na na na na na (na na na na na na)
Na na na na na na (na na na na na na)
Na na na na na na (na na na na na na)
Na na na na na na na (na na na na na na na)

We all need somebody
You know I need somebody
No one has to feel alone
We all need some love
You know I need your love
To break these chains around my soul

Only your love
Can free me
Only your love
Can ease me
Only your love
I need it
Only your love
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Never let me go
Let me go
Let me go
(Written by Caine/Dallin/Glover/O'Sullivan/Woodward/Youth)

After a year's absence, Bananarama returned to the UK charts in July 1990 with a new image and a brand new sound. 'Only Your Love' was the first single from their fifth studio album 'Pop Life' (the first with Jacquie). Having struggled to produce any satisfactory material with Stock Aitken and Waterman, the girls went to Youth for a more trendy dance-orientated sound to move them firmly into the 1990s. Sampling the Rolling Stones classic 'Sympathy For The Devil', the girls were clearly out to prove they were taking their music more seriously than ever. The result was pure brilliance. Matched with their most eye-catching and high-energy video to date, this should have been their first #1 hit but, as with the best of their singles, it charted at a disappointing #27. Check out this rare performance where you can see how much their performances had improved in this era: