‘Love Is The Drug’ 50th Anniversary Release

Roxy Music’s iconic 1975 single ‘Love Is The Drug’ celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exclusive 12” vinyl EP, due 12th December 2025 via Virgin/UMR and available to pre-order here.

This special 50th anniversary edition marks the very first 12” vinyl release of ‘Love Is The Drug’ and features the essential original mix, two of the most sought-after remixes in Greg Wilson’s extended edit, and Todd Terje’s ‘Disco Dub’, as well as the original 7” B-Side, ‘Sultanesque’.

‘Love Is The Drug’ is the first single from Siren, Roxy Music’s vital fifth studio album. It shot to #2 in the UK Singles Chart on its release in 1975 and became the band’s highest charting single in North America.

‘Love Is The Drug’ remains one of the most instantly recognisable songs of the 1970s – a global chart hit that was a key influence on the next generation of bands such as Gang of Four, PiL, Simple Minds and the Human League, as well as Nile Rodgers of Chic, who acknowledged that its bass riff was a major influence on Chic’s ‘Good Times’.

Speaking about ‘Love Is The Drug’, Greg Wilson said: “It wasn’t until 1976 that the 12″ single appeared as a commercial format, so ‘Love Is The Drug’ was only ever issued as a 7″. In editing this track I imagined how an extended 12″ might have sounded had the record been released a little bit later down the line. It was a massive floorfiller, just as popular in the clubs, if not more so, than the out and out Disco hit Angel Eyes, four years on. As well as the more mainstream venues, it was a staple of the numerous Roxy / Bowie nights that sprung up in the latter half of the 70s, paving the way for the influential Futurist movement.”

Roxy Music ‘Love Is The Drug’ 50 Tracklist:

• A1 Love Is The Drug 4:11
• A2 Love Is The Drug (Todd Terje Disco Dub) 7:04
• B1 Love Is The Drug (Greg Wilson Edit) 6:02
• B2 Sultanesque 5:21