Speaking to Number One in 1984, Moyet said "Love Resurrection" was "written over the phone": "I'd had an argument with a friend and gone to bed like I usually do when I'm depressed.

The first version, made for the worldwide single release, shows Moyet at a Middle Eastern encampment in the desert.

The video shows Moyet, dressed all in white, performing the song in a darkened venue with a backup band in front of a small audience.

"[7] In a Number One review of Moyet's follow-up single "All Cried Out", Paul Bursche praised "Love Resurrection" as being "magnificent, perhaps the best song of 1984".

[8] Jessi McGuire of Record Mirror noted a "hideous similarity with Justin Hayward in the chorus", but added, "Alison proves here that she's still the queen of the larger lady singers, with a cool bit of summer pop that ought to be a great hit.