Rod Stewart – Love Is

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Rod Stewart - Love Is

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“Love Is” was released as the lead single from the album Another Country on 23 June 2015. In the United States, the single peaked at no. 37 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Performed on the rooftop of the iconic Capitol Records building in Los Angeles, the song is a celtic-inspired ode to love, lovers, and longing. Stewart, accompanied by guitars, violins, and a hammered dulcimer, brings his ageless vibrancy and timeless rasp to the ballad while his backup vocalists help the track feel as if it might soar over the nearby Hollywood Hills.

At age 70, Stewart released this song, where he shares his reflections on love. He is something of an expert on the subject, having been in and out of love some many times (he was married and divorced three times) and documenting these experiences in a lifetime of songs. However, as Stewart points out, he is still mystified. He told Rolling Stone: “This is me passing along, to anyone who will listen, a few nuggets of wisdom acquired from my dippings into life’s chocolate box down the years. Believe me, though, I still don’t understand the chemistry of love and why sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.”
In the second verse, Stewart sings about his first love, a girl “I dreamed I would wed” but told him “We’re far too young for that.”

This alludes to an art student Stewart met when he was 17 named Susannah Boffey. They had a daughter together, who they gave up for adoption because the couple was in no condition to raise a child. Stewart and Boffey split up, but she remained entrenched in his memory. Their daughter, Sarah, later established a relationship with Stewart.

Musicians
Rod Stewart – lead vocals
Emerson Swinford – guitars, banjo
Conrad Korsch – bass guitar
Iggy Grimshaw – drums
Julia Thornton – tambourine
J’Anna Jacoby – violin
Kimberly Johnson-Breaux – backing vocals
Lucy Woodward – backing vocals

Production
Producers – Rod Stewart and Kevin Savigar
A&R Administration – Lotus Donovan
Engineered and Mixed by Kevin Savigar
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood).
Art Direction – Gavin Taylor and Nicole Franz
Design – Gavin Taylor
Photography – Penny Lancaster Stewart
Additional Photography – Amber Sterling
Management – Arnold Stiefel

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