Howard Jones - You Know I Love You..Don't You

Name: Howard Jones - You Know I Love You..Don't You
Uploaded: 1986-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released as the lead single from One to One (Elektra/WEA, October 1986), 'You Know I Love You...Don't You?' marks a deliberate stylistic transition in Howard Jones's career. Produced by Arif Mardin — known for his work with Aretha Franklin and the Bee Gees — the album represented a move away from the synthesizer-dominated sound of…

1986 · Second British Invasion / Mid-Period Synth-Pop Transition (1986) · music video

Howard Jones - You Know I Love You..Don't You music video

1986Second British Invasion / Mid-Period Synth-Pop Transition (1986)Second British Invasion synth-pop / mid-80s New Wave crossover into adult contemporary

What this video is

Released as the lead single from One to One (Elektra/WEA, October 1986), 'You Know I Love You...Don't You?' marks a deliberate stylistic transition in Howard Jones's career. Produced by Arif Mardin — known for his work with Aretha Franklin and the Bee Gees — the album represented a move away from the synthesizer-dominated sound of Human's Lib (1984) and Dream into Action (1985) toward a warmer, more acoustically…

Why it matters

This video is a document of the mid-80s synth-pop genre at its commercial ceiling and transitional inflection point. Jones — described by AllMusic as 'one of the defining figures of mid-80s synth-pop' — was simultaneously at the height of his US commercial reach and the beginning of his UK…

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