"Long Live Love" is a Chris Andrews composition which, in 1965, gained Sandie Shaw the second of her three UK number one hit singles.
[citation needed] According to writer Patricia Juliana Smith, "Long Live Love" was "arguably the last big calypso hit to top the British charts", as it was released when the genre was losing popularity in the UK.
[1] Gramophone considered it be one of several contemporary hits with baião beat, alongside Unit 4 + 2's "Concrete and Clay" and Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual".
[2] Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger highlights the song's connection between both genres, believing it to cross the horn work of "It's Not Unusual" with a modest calypso feel.
In the US, "Long Live Love" received enough regional attention to return Shaw to the Billboard Hot 100 for the third and last time, peaking at No.
[9] In 1966, Shaw made a belated Italian rendering of "Long Live Love" entitled "Viva l’amore con te".
for an EP released in Spain which also featured renderings of Shaw's UK hits "Girl Don't Come", "Message Understood" and "Tomorrow".
"Long Live Love" has also been recorded by its composer Chris Andrews, as well as Tracey Ullman and Jessica Andersson on her 2009 album, Wake Up.