IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE (SINGLE)

SINGLE
LYRICS

SINGLE

RELEASE DATE
16th February 1987 (Germany), 16th February 1987 (UK), TBC (USA)

TAKEN FROM THE ALBUM
The Circus

TRACKLISTINGS

7″ SINGLES:

UK & GERMANY

MUTE56 (UK) & INT 111.845 (DE)
• A – It Doesn’t Have To Be [3:41] • B – In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31]

12″ SINGLES:

UK & GERMANY

12MUTE56 (UK) / INT 126.858 (DE)
• A1 – It Doesn’t Have To Be (The Boop Oopa Doo Mix) [7:12] • B1 – Who Needs Love Like That (Betty Boop Mix) [7:31] • B2 – In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31]

UK & GERMANY

L12MUTE56 (UK) / INT 126.859 (DE)
• A1 – It Doesn’t Have To Be (Cement Mix) [5:21] • B1 – Heavenly Action (Holger Hiller Mix) [4:28] • B2 – n The Hall Of The Mountain King (New Version) [2:58]

CD SINGLE:

UK & GERMANY

CDMUTE56 (UK) & MUTE IRS 977.777 (DE)
• It Doesn’t Have To Be [3:41] • Sometimes [3:37] • Oh L’Amour [3:04] • Heavenly Action [3:20] • Who Needs Love Like That [3:03] • Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Remix) [4:50] • In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31]

CD SINGLES (1993):

UK & GERMANY

CDMUTE51 (UK) & INT 826.770 (DE)
• It Doesn’t Have To Be [3:41] • In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31] • It Doesn’t Have To Be (The Boop Oopa Doo Mix) [7:12] • Who Needs Love Like That [7:31]

CHART POSITIONS
12 (UK)

VIDEO

Directed by Gerard de Thame. Production Company HLA.

NOTES
The CD was originally released in a 7″ Vinyl card sleeve. A double 7″ vinyl pack featured the standard 7″ Vinyl bundled with early editions of the ‘Sometimes’ 7″ Vinyl (DMUTE56).

CREDITS
Written by Clarke/Bell.

Published by Musical Moments Ltd/Minotaur Music Ltd/Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.

‘In The Hall Of The Mountain King’ written by Grieg, arranged by Erasure. ‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’ written by Andersson/Ulvaeus, published by: Bocu Music Ltd.

Produced by Flood.

Recorded at Worldwide International, The Garden and The Strongroom.

‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!’ produced by Erasure, engineered by Paul Kendall.

‘It Doesn’t Have To Be [Boop Oopa Doo Mix]’ mixed by Phil Harding.

‘Who Needs Love Like That [Betty Boop Mix]’ mixed by Mark Stent.

‘Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! [Remix]’ mixed by Paul Kendall.

‘It Doesn’t Have To Be [Cement Mix]’ mixed by Rico Conning.

‘Heavenly Action [Holger Hiller Mix]’ mixed by Holger Hiller.

‘In The Hall Of The Mountain King [New Version]’ mixed by Vince Clarke, engineered by Peter Griffiths.

Design by Me Company.

LYRICS

LYRICS

IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE

You are on one side and I am on the other
Are we divided?

You are on one side and I am on the other
Are we divided?
Why can’t we live together?

There are no rights
This isn’t your decision
We need to talk of changing things
But no one wants to listen

It doesn’t have to be like that
It doesn’t have to be like that
It doesn’t have to be like that

A heart on the inside the same as any other
Are we divided?
Someone always has to suffer

We are broken
There’s no one left to change it
Is that the way it has to be?
Why can’t we rearrange it?

It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that

Alava mo ja na me me limbaniango limbaniago
Zimbabwe abo naga na me me limbaniango limbaniago
Alava mo ja na me me limbaniango limbaniago
Zimbabwe abo naga na me me limbaniango limbaniago

What is the secret in calling me a brother?
Are we divided?
Always one against the other

We are strong now
Put down the ammunition
For what we know is right
Is gonna break down this division

It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one, one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that (one against one, one against one)
It doesn’t have to be like that

You are on one side and I am on the other
Are we divided?

WHO NEEDS LOVE LIKE THAT

Who needs love like that?

There’s something going on, something not quite right
There something strange a-happening to me
There’s someone at the door, I hear voices in my head
It seems things aren’t the way they ought to be