Future Love Paradise

"Future Love Paradise"
Single by Seal
from the album Seal
B-side	"A Minor Groove" "Violet"
Released	22 April 1991 (1991-04-22)[1]
Genre	Pop
Length	4:19 (album version) 5:31 (EP version)
Label	ZTT
Songwriter(s)	Seal-Henry Samuel
Producer(s)	Trevor Horn
Seal singles chronology
"Crazy" (1990) "Future Love Paradise" (1991) "The Beginning" (1991)
Music video
"Future Love Paradise" on YouTube

"Future Love Paradise" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Seal. Released on 22 April 1991 by ZTT as the lead track on Future Love EP, it was also included as the second single on Seal's debut album, Seal (1991). The song achieved a great success in several countries, including Switzerland, Ireland and Norway where it reached the top 10. It also hit number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. The version of the lead track on Future Love EP contains an extended vamp and breakdown which fades out later. The album version is shorter and fades out before this section takes place.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote in their single review, that this follow-up to "Crazy" "radiates a similar mesmerising groove and (Trevor Horn-produced) sophistication."[2] Stephen Dalton from NME said, "Best of all, current smash "Future Love Paradise" presents a panoramic Utopian vision with power and panache. Seal's rich tones slithering and sliding like warm treacle into your most intimate recesses. Oo-er."[3] Miranda Sawyer from Smash Hits felt that this "swooping epic" is destined for Britain's Top Five, "and quite right too."[4]

Track listing

CD (ZANG11CD)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Future Love Paradise"	5:35
2.	"A Minor Groove"	5:54
3.	"Violet"	2:40
4.	"Future Love Paradise" (reprise)	2:27

7" (ZANG11)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Future Love Paradise" (edit)	4:19
2.	"A Minor Groove"	5:52
3.	"Violet"	2:40

12" (ZANG11T)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Future Love Paradise"	5:31
2.	"A Minor Groove"	5:52
3.	"Violet"	2:40

Future Club EP: The Nellee Hooper Remix – CD / 12"

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Future Love Paradise" (remix)	6:35
2.	"Future Love Paradise" (beats mix)	6:08
3.	"Future Love Paradise" (a cappella mix)	6:00

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[5] 46 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 15 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 16 Denmark (IFPI)[8] 10 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 9 France (SNEP)[10] 18 Germany (GfK)[11] 16 Ireland (IRMA)[12] 8 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] 6 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14] 10 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] 25 Norway (VG-lista)[16] 9 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 13 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 7 UK Singles (OCC)[19] 12

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position Europe (European Hit Radio)[20] 34 Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[21] 75 Germany (Official German Charts)[22] 76 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[23] 58 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24] 89

Video games

According to the game files, this song was originally meant to appear on Grand Theft Auto V on the Non-Stop-Pop FM radio station.

Cultural references

"Future Love Paradise" was featured in the POSE episode "Something Old, Something New", which premiered on May 30, 2021.

References

1. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 20 April 1991. p. 23. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
2. "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 11 May 1991. p. 12. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
3. Dalton, Stephen (25 May 1991). "Long Play". NME. p. 52. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
4. Sawyer, Miranda (17 April 1991). "Review: Singles". Smash Hits. p. 43. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
5. "Seal – Future Love Paradise". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
6. "Seal – Future Love Paradise" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
7. "Seal – Future Love Paradise" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
8. "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. 15 June 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
9. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Seal". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 229. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
10. "Seal – Future Love Paradise" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
11. "Seal – Future Love Paradise" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
12. Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived 2 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 21 February 2008)
13. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 21, 1991" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
14. "Seal – Future Love Paradise" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
15. "Seal – Future Love Paradise". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
16. "Seal – Future Love Paradise". VG-lista. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
17. "Seal – Future Love Paradise". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
18. "Seal – Future Love Paradise". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
19. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
20. "EHR Year-End Top 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 51–52. 21 December 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
21. "Eurochart Hot 100 1991" (PDF). Music & Media. 8 (51–52): 21. 21 December 1991. Retrieved 17 January 2020 – via American Radio History.
22. "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts". GfK Entertainment (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
23. "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1991". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
24. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1991". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 March 2021.