You Have Been Loved

"You Have Been Loved" / "The Strangest Thing '97"
Single by George Michael
from the album Older
Released September 8, 1997
(not released in the U.S.)
Format CD single, 7"
Recorded 1993–1997
Genre Soul pop, jazz pop ("You Have Been Loved")
Dance-pop ("The Strangest Thing '97")
Length 5:30 ("You Have Been Loved")
6:01 ("The Strangest Thing")
4:34 ("The Strangest Thing '97")
Label Virgin Records
Writer(s) George Michael ("The Strangest Thing")
George Michael
David Austin ("You Have Been Loved")
Producer(s) George Michael
George Michael singles chronology
"Waltz Away Dreaming"
(1997)		 "You Have Been Loved" / "The Strangest Thing '97"
(1997)		 "Outside"
(1998)

"You Have Been Loved" (George Michael/David Austin) / "The Strangest Thing '97" (George Michael) is a double A-side single by the dance-pop artist George Michael. Both songs are from his 1996 album Older. The single reached #2 on the UK charts, only behind Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" '97 charity single. The song was Michael's second double A-side single, after "Older / I Can't Make You Love Me", released the same year.

Track listing

  1. "You Have Been Loved"
  2. "The Strangest Thing '97" (Radio Mix)
  3. "Father Figure" (Unplugged)
  4. "Praying for Time" (Unplugged)

Singles

Two singles were released for the double A-side. The cover for the first shows Michael cross-legged on a black chaise longue in a room with brown-tiled walls. The cover for the second is just a close-up of the first cover, and does not show the chaise longue. The single version is referred to as "The Strangest Thing '97" instead of simply "The Strangest Thing" of the album version because the single version is a remixed/re-recorded, more up-tempo dance track.

Michael wrote the song about his lover, Anselmo Feleppa, who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1993.[1] Reviewing Michael in concert in 2012, in The Guardian's Dave Simpson wrote, "'Waiting for That Day' and 'You Have Been Loved' – dedicated to his late mother and lover and "all the other people who have been lost since this song was written" (in 1996) – are unusually moving."[2]

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart[3] 21
Irish Singles Chart[4] 11
Swedish Singles Chart[5] 37
UK Singles Chart[6] 2

Certifications

Country Certification
United Kingdom Silver[7]

References

  1. ↑ Ellis, Lucy; Sutherland, Bryony (1998). The Complete Guide to the Music of George Michael & Wham!. Omnibus Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0711968226.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Irish Charts search". IRMA. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
  5. ↑ George Michael - You Have Been Loved (song). Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ Top 75 Releases. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Certified awards search". BPI. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
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