(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave
Song
Also known as (1)
Creators (3)
Composer
- Brian Holland Motown producer & songwriter
- Lamont Dozier
Lyricist
- Eddie Holland Motown songwriter, lyricist of Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting team
Publisher
- EMI Songs Musikverlag GmbH
- Stone Agate Music Division
- Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
- Jobete Music Ltd
- Stone Agate Music
- Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Related Works (1)
Later Versions
- Bloedheet translated
Recordings (150)
- Heat Wave 2:39 by Martha and the Vandellas (09 Jul 1963)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:45 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (30 Sep 1963)
- (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave 2:50 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1965)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:11 cover by Cilla Black (1965)
- Love Is a Like a Heat Wave 2:38 cover by Lou Christie (1965)
- Heatwave 1:54 cover by The Who (03 Dec 1966)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:37 by The Supremes (23 Jan 1967)
- Heat Wave ?:?? by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1968)
- Heatwave 1:57 cover by The Who (1973)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:03 cover by Kathi McDonald (1974)
- Heat Wave 2:47 cover by Linda Ronstadt (1975)
- Heat Wave 1:59 cover by Who (1976)
- Heat Wave 2:24 cover by The Jam (17 Nov 1979)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:23 cover by The Jam (1979)
- Heatwave 1:55 cover by The Who (1981) stereo mix
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:36 by Martha Reeves (1981)
- Heat Wave 2:44 by Martha and the Vandellas (1982)
- Heatwave ?:?? live by Martha Reeves (1983)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:41 by Martha Reeves (1984)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:42 by Martha Reeves (1986)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:44 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1986)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave (original version) 2:41 cover by The Who (11 Apr 1987)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:42 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1987) re-recording
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:32 by Martha Reeves (1988)
- Heat Wave 2:04 cover by The Who (1988)
- Heat Wave (excerpt) 0:32 by Martha and the Vandellas (01 May 1989)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:46 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (25 Oct 1989)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:43 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (17 Oct 1990)
- Heatwave 4:02 by Martha Reeves & the Vandellas (1990) re-recording
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:40 by Martha Reeves (1991)
- Heat Wave 2:44 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1991)
- Heatwave 3:03 live, cover by The Jam (1993) live, 1982-04-06: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, UK
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:57 cover by SRC (1993)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:39 cover by Martha Reeves (1993)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:47 cover by Shonen Knife (1994)
- Heatwave 1:54 cover by The Who (1995) mono
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:45 cover by Shonen Knife (05 Mar 1996)
- Heat Wave (Love Is Like A) 2:42 by Martha Reeves (1996)
- Heat Wave 2:44 by Martha and the Vandellas (1996)
- Heatwave 3:58 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (1996)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:09 cover by Cilla Black (1997)
- Tribute to Motown: Dancing in the Street / It Takes Two / This Old Heart of Mine / I Can’t Help Myself / Just a Little Misunderstanding / Heaven Must Have Sent You / My Guy / Needle in a Haystack / He Was Really Saying Somethin’ / Heatwave / Stop Her on Sight (SOS) 5:55 medley, cover by Motor City All-Stars (1997)
- Heat Wave ?:?? cover by Linda Ronstadt (1997)
- (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave 2:45 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (07 Jun 1998)
- Heatwave 3:59 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (14 Sep 1998)
- Heat Wave 2:46 cover by Linda Ronstadt (1998)
- Tribute to Motown: Dancing in the Street / It Takes Two / This Old Heart of Mine / I Can’t Help Myself / He Was Really Saying Something / Heatwave / Stop Her on Sight 6:16 medley, cover by Motorcity All-Stars (1999)
- Heat Wave 3:08 by Martha and the Vandellas (1999)
- Heat Wave 2:47 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (2000)
- Heatwave 2:45 by Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (2000)