Lessons In Love

Lessons in Love" is a single from the English band Level 42, released in 1986 from the album Running in the Family, issued one year later. This single is the band’s biggest hit in their homeland, where it reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, and internationally, entering the top 10 in numerous countries, reaching the number-one spot in five of them: Spain, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, and Finland. “Lessons in Love” is also one of the few singles from the band that broke into the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached number 12 in 1987. It is the first of five singles from their 1987 album, Running in the Family, and it made way for the success of other singles from the album. In 2012, David Quantick described it in Q magazine as “one of the best singles of the ‘80s”.

Level 42 Lyrics Lessons In Love From The Album Running In The Family (1987) [Verse 1] I'm not proud, I was wrong And the truth is hard to take I felt sure we had enough But our love went overboard Lifeboat lies lost at sea I've been trying to reach your shore Waves of doubt keep drowning me [Chorus 1] All the dreams that we were building We never fulfilled them Could be better, should be better Lessons in love [Verse 2] For restless eyes, egos burn And the mold is hard to break Now we've waded in too deep And love is overboard Heavy hearts, token words All the hopes I ever had Fade like footprints in the sand [Chorus 2] All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better, should be better Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it, yeah Lessons in love [Bridge] Lost without love Lessons in love When will you ever learn Lessons in love When there's nowhere left to turn Lessons in love Don't let your spirit burn Lessons in love I'll wait 'till you return [Chorus 1] All the dreams that we were building We never lived them We could use it, we should use it, yeah (Lessons in love) Lessons in love [Chorus 2] All the homes that we were building We never lived in Could be better, should be better Lessons in love If we lose the time before us The future will ignore us We should use it, we could use it, yeah Lessons in love Produced By Julian Mendelsohn, Wally Badarou & Level 42 Written By Mark King, Wally Badarou & Boon Gould Studio Personnel Julian Mendelsohn Vocalist Mike Lindup & Mark King Saxophone Gary Barnacle Mixer Julian Mendelsohn Keyboards Wally Badarou & Mike Lindup Guitar Boon Gould Engineer Julian Mendelsohn Drums Phil Gould Background Vocals Wally Badarou Bass Guitar Mark King Release Date April 14, 1986