Erasure4Rum

UK Release Date
16 February 1987


7″ SINGLES:
UK & GERMANY
MUTE56 (UK) & INT 111.845 (DE)
• A – It Doesn’t Have To Be [3:41]
• B – In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31]



12″ SINGLES:
UK & GERMANY
12MUTE56 (UK) / INT 126.858 (DE)
• A1 – It Doesn’t Have To Be (The Boop Oopa Doo Mix) [7:12]
• B1 – Who Needs Love Like That (Betty Boop Mix) [7:31]
• B2 – In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31]

UK & GERMANY



L12MUTE56 (UK) / INT 126.859 (DE)
• A1 – It Doesn’t Have To Be (Cement Mix) [5:21]
• B1 – Heavenly Action (Holger Hiller Mix) [4:28]
• B2 – In The Hall Of The Mountain King (New Version) [2:58]

CD SINGLE:

UK & GERMANY



CDMUTE56 (UK) & MUTE IRS 977.777 (DE)
• It Doesn’t Have To Be [3:41]
• Sometimes [3:37]
• Oh L’Amour [3:04]
• Heavenly Action [3:20]
• Who Needs Love Like That [3:03]
• Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (Remix) [4:50]
• In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31]

CD SINGLES (1993):

UK & GERMANY



CDMUTE51 (UK) & INT 826.770 (DE)
• It Doesn’t Have To Be [3:41]
• In The Hall Of The Mountain King [2:31]
• It Doesn’t Have To Be (The Boop Oopa Doo Mix) [7:12]
• Who Needs Love Like That [7:31]





Erasure It Doesn't Have To Be (Tom O'Connor Show)


Includes lip sync troubles for Andy


An interesting answer about the above video-


The Tube




Quite an unusual backing track on this version,sounds I don’t recognise.

Tears For Fears May have had the big Sport Relief with Everybody Wants To Run The World but Erasure also did a changed lyric version of It doesn’t Have To Be.
Yet another great UEC find.

Pughie wrote: Sat Mar 14, 2020 9:58 am Tears For Fears May have had the big Sport Relief with Everybody Wants To Run The World but Erasure also did a changed lyric version of It doesn’t Have To Be.
Yet another great UEC find.

Here is a much clearer version-

Appearing with Trev & Simon whilst promoting the Wild! Album.

Wow, I happened to find this on ITHDB's Wikipedia entry today - the Swahili lyrics from the middle of the song. These have always eluded me! I feel like it has come up and that someone, somewhere had translated it, but I had never seen it. In any case, I'm posting here in case anyone else was curious

Lala pamoja na mimi
Nyumbani yako, nyumbani yako
Sababu wewe hapana kaa na mimi
Nyumbani yako, nyumbani yako

Sleep (together) with me
At your place [house], at your place
Why don't you stay with me
At your place, at your place

Thank you, mrblue!