It was released as the album's lead single in the UK on February 25, 1984 and became the group's highest-charting hit to-date on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number-six.
Lyrically, "Your Love is King" describes a love that is so deep and beautiful that the narrator can not get enough and said love comes before all else in life, as exemplified by the lyrics "touching the very part of me/it's making my soul sing/I'm crying out for more/your love is king."
