Love Steals Us from Loneliness

"Love Steals Us from Loneliness" is a song by Scottish rock band Idlewild, from their fourth studio album, Warnings/Promises (2005). It was released as the lead single from the album on 21 February 2005 and charted at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and number 37 in Ireland.

"Love Steals Us from Loneliness"
Single by Idlewild
from the album Warnings/Promises
Released	21 February 2005 (2005-02-21)[1]
Genre	Alternative
Length	3:12
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Bob Fairfoull, Colin Newton, Rod Jones, Allan Stewart, Roddy Woomble
Producer(s)	Tony Hoffer
Idlewild singles chronology
"A Modern Way of Letting Go" (2003) "Love Steals Us from Loneliness" (2005) "I Understand It" (2005)

This song was featured on a Kerrang compilation CD entitled Kerrang! Under the Influence: The Songs That Inspired My Chemical Romance, as My Chemical Romance had cited Idlewild, and more explicitly "Love Steals Us from Loneliness", as a major influence.

Background

According to Colin Newton, the band was not:

"intending to release any singles at all from this record to start with. It was like a grudging truce between ourselves and the record company to put out "Love Steals Us From Loneliness" as the first single from Warnings/Promises, although with hindsight I guess that was the most obvious choice and perfectly bridges where we were with the last album and where we are now.^[2]

Track listings

UK 7" R6658, CD CDR6658

1. "Love Steals Us from Loneliness"
2. "Hold On To Your Breath"

UK CD 1 CDRS6658

1. "Love Steals Us from Loneliness"
2. "Gone Too Long"
3. "Don't Let Me Change"
4. "Love Steals Us from Loneliness" (video)
5. Making Of - CD-Rom Footage

UK CD 2 CDR6658

1. "Love Steals Us from Loneliness"
2. "Hold On To Your Breath"

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Ireland (IRMA)[3]	37
Scotland (OCC)[4]	6
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	16

References

1. Webb, Rob (14 February 2005). "Single Review: Idlewild - Love Steals Us From Loneliness". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
2. "Drowned in Sound - Features - WARNINGS: "We've been listening to Elton John…"; PROMISES: "The next record will be more extreme..."". Archived from the original on 23 April 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2008.
3. "Chart Track: Week 8, 2005". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
4. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 January 2019.