"Be My Lover Now" is a song by the British singer and composer Philip Oakey and producer Giorgio Moroder. It was written by Oakey and Moroder and recorded for the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder. It was released as a single in the UK in August 1985 where it reached number 74 in the singles charts and remained in the charts for 1 week. It was the third and final single to be released from the brief Oakey/Moroder partnership which had started with the single "Together in Electric Dreams" (1984).[2]

"Be My Lover Now"
Single by Giorgio Moroder and Philip Oakey
from the album Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder
Released	12 August 1985[1]
Recorded	1985
Genre	Synth-pop, new wave
Length	3:42
Label	Virgin Records
Songwriter(s)	Moroder and Oakey
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder
Philip Oakey singles chronology
"Good-Bye Bad Times" (1985) "Be My Lover Now" (1985) "What Comes After Goodbye" (1990)
Giorgio Moroder singles chronology
"Good-Bye Bad Times" (1985) "Be My Lover Now" (1985) "To Be Number One" (1990)
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Because the single was not a commercial success and neither was the album, it effectively ended the short-lived partnership between Oakey and Moroder in 1985. Oakey returned to work with his band, The Human League, full-time.

Music video

The music video for "Be My Lover Now" was less extravagant than the high budget video for the previous single "Good-Bye Bad Times".

The video has a surreal theme and features Philip Oakey performing on stage in an ornate theatre, with 3 female backing singers/dancers and two female podium dancers either side of the stage who are dressed identically to an audience of identical blue dress wearing female 'clones' in their 30s/40s who are competing for Oakey's attention.

References

External links

• http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/be_my_lover.htm

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