"Love and Affection" is a song by Joan Armatrading. Her fourth single, and her third for A&M Records, it was her first chart success. It reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1976. One of her best known recordings, it has been described as a "deceptively feisty ballad... an instant classic."^[1] It also appeared on her eponymous third album and has twice been used as the title track of compilation albums, for 1999's Love and Affection: The Best of Joan Armatrading and 2003's Love and Affection: Classics 1975-1983.

[edit] Formats and track listings

CD single

1. "Love and Affection"
2. "Love and Affection" (DNA Mix)
3. "Love and Affection"

7" single

1. "Love and Affection"
2. "Make Love Your Goal"

12" single

1. "Love and Affection" (DNA Mix)
2. "Make Love Your Goal"

[edit] Cover versions

"Love and Affection"
Single by Sinitta
B-side	"Make Love Your Goal"
Released	1990
Format	CD single 7" Single 12" Single
Recorded	1990
Genre	Synthpop
Label	Fanfare Records
Producer	Barry Anthony Andrews
Sinitta singles chronology
"Hitchin' a Ride" (1990) "Love and Affection" (1990) "Shame, Shame, Shame" (1992)

Sheena Easton covered "Love and Affection" on her 1984 Platinum album "A Private Heaven".

The song was covered by Two Nice Girls in a medley with the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane" and later by Courtney Pine and Kele Le Roc and appeared on the Jazz Album 2003.

In 2002, it was heavily sampled by the artist Mr Pink presents The Program and released with the same title as a dance track.

[edit] Sinitta version

In 1990 American singer Sinitta covered this song. It was produced by Barry Anthony Andrews and released as a non-album single. The single peaked at #62 in UK.

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