Message of Love

~ Recording by Pretenders

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Message of Love?:??The PretendersMessage of LoveThe PretendersSingle
Real Records (WEA subsidiary)ARE 15
1.1Message of Love3:24The PretendersExtended PlayThe PretendersEP
  • US1981-03-01
Sire Records
1.3Message of Love3:26PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Sire RecordsSRK 3572
1.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Sire Records, Real Records (WEA subsidiary)SIRE K 56924, WE 351
1.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Real Records (WEA subsidiary)7599-23572-2
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe Singles (club edition)PretendersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1987-11-17
Sire RecordsW2 25664, W2-25664
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
Sire Records9 25664-2
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe Singles (club edition)PretendersAlbum + Compilation
Real Records (WEA subsidiary), Sire Records, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)9 25664-2, D 133248
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below)WX135
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below)242229-1
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below)242229-1
1.7Message of Love3:25PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below), Real Records (WEA subsidiary)242 229-2, 242229-2
1.7Message of Love3:25The PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
Real Records (WEA subsidiary), wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)242229-2
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below), Real Records (WEA subsidiary)2292-42229-2, 242 229-2
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
Real Records (WEA subsidiary), WEA Records (imprint of Warner Records International: lower-case “wea” with “records” below)2292-42229-2
2.6Message of Love3:27The PretendersThe Rock Collection: Rock DreamsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 527/12
1.12Message of Love3:26PretendersThe 80's Collection: 1981: Alive and KickingVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL 544/12
2.4Message of Love3:27PretendersAddicted to RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Insight (Polygram sublabel)565 303-2
2.13Message of Love3:28PretendersThe Power of Love: 1980–1983Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1998
Time–Life MusicTL629/11
1.2Message of Love3:26The PretendersGreatest HitsThe PretendersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2000-09-18
Warner.ESP8573 84607 2
1.2Message of Love3:26The PretendersGreatest HitsThe PretendersAlbum + Compilation
wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below)857384607-2
1.2Message of Love3:26The PretendersGreatest HitsPretendersAlbum + Compilation
Warner.ESP8573 84608 2
1.2Message of Love3:26The PretendersGreatest HitsThe PretendersAlbum + Compilation
Warner (imprint of Warner (a "W" logo with "WARNER" text under it))WICD 5311
1.2Message of Love3:26The PretendersGreatest HitsThe PretendersAlbum + Compilation
Warner.ESPW2 84607
1.7Message of Love3:26The PretendersLo Mejor De Caiga Quien CaigaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
2.1Message of Love3:29The PretendersLeft of the Dial: Dispatches From the 80s UndergroundVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-10-12
Rhino (reissue label)R2 76490
1.12Message of Love3:26PretendersEdge of the 80s: 1980-1984Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicTL PRA/09
1.10Message of Love3:29The PretendersPirate RadioThe PretendersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-03-14
Real Records (WEA subsidiary), Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)R2 73270
1.10Message of Love3:29The PretendersPirate RadioThe PretendersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2006-04-10
Rhino (reissue label)
1.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
  • US2006-10-03
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74177
1.3Message of Love (2006 remaster)3:27PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
  • CA2006-10-10
  • NZ2006-10-10
  • US2006-10-10
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.3Message of Love3:27PretendersPretenders II (expanded & remastered)PretendersAlbum
  • XW2006-10-10
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
1.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Rhino (reissue label)8122-74177-2
1.5Message of Love3:28The PretendersThe Best Of / Break Up the ConcreteThe PretendersAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2009-06-01
Rhino (reissue label)2564 68933 4
2.3Message of Love3:29PretendersOriginal Album SeriesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label), Sire Records0825646846160
1.7Message of Love3:26PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2010-11-22
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
2.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDSACD 2056
1.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDSACD 2056
1.3Message of Love3:28PretendersPretenders II (44.1kHz · 24bit / 96kHz · 24bit / 192kHz · 24bit)PretendersAlbum
Rhino (reissue label), Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)
4.3Message of Love3:25PretendersPretenders 1979–1999PretendersAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2015-02-16
  • GB2015-02-16
Edsel RecordsPRETBOX01
1.3Message of Love3:25PretendersPretenders II (Deluxe Special Edition)PretendersAlbum
  • XE2015-02-16
  • GB2015-02-16
Edsel Records, Rhino (reissue label)EDSG 8048
1.3Message of Love3:25PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
  • GB2015-02-16
Edsel Records, Rhino (reissue label)EDSG 8048
1.7Message of Love (2009 remastered version)3:28The PretendersFun Mom Dinner: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2017-08-03
Rhino (reissue label)
1.3Message of Love3:25PretendersPretenders II (2018 remaster)PretendersAlbum
Rhino (reissue label)
1.1Message of Love3:26PretendersMessage of Love: Rock Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
X5 Music Group
1.12Message of Love3:27PretendersClassic New WaveVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • XW2020-07-24
X5 Music Group
1.3Message of Love3:25PretendersPretenders II (deluxe edition)PretendersAlbum
  • -2021-11-05
Warner Music UK (formerly Warner Records Ltd., a branch of WEA International)[none]
1.3Message of Love3:31PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Real Records (WEA subsidiary), Sire RecordsR2 03572
1.3Message of Love3:29PretendersPretenders IIPretendersAlbum
Sire Records3572-2
1.7Message of Love3:25The PretendersThe SinglesPretendersAlbum + Compilation
Real Records (WEA subsidiary)2292-42229-2
Promotion
1.2Message of Love3:26PretendersI’ll Stand By YouPretendersSingle
YZ815CD

Relationships

producer:Chris Thomas (UK record producer / remixer)
bass guitar:Pete Farndon
drums (drum set):Martin Chambers
guitar:James Honeyman‐Scott
Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
vocals:Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)
mixed at:Wessex Sound Studios in Highbury, Islington, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:Message of Love

Related works

Message of Love

lyricist and composer:Chrissie Hynde (rock singer-songwriter and founder of Pretenders)