M-E-T-H-O-D O-F L-O-V-E

"Method of Modern Love" is a single by the American duo Hall & Oates. It was released as the second single from their 1984 album, Big Bam Boom. The song reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1985.



Song Fun Facts
* Song is co-written by Janna Allen, sister of Hall’s long-term girlfriend, Sara. Janna said the phrase “it’s a method of modern love” to Hall and almost spontaneously they sang “m-e-t-h-o-d o-f l-o-v-e”.
* To achieve the percussion effect they were striving for, a Boy Scout’s water canteen was struck with a mallet in the song. It was later digitized through a Synclavier.
* The song was sampled for the hook of the song "Method Man" from the Wu-Tang Clan's 1993 album Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers.

Music Video Fun Facts
* Hall is wearing a shirt with Target artwork by Jasper Johns.
* In the background the number '555-5900' is on the billboard. 1-800-555-5900 will reach 'Wet N' Wild' splash park in Greensboro, NC.
* The drummer uses a toilet brush to play the drums.
* Hall has on leather fringe pants.
* Hall points at the moon to BECOME the man the moon.
* Oates does the sidestroke through cloud sequence at the end of the video. Sidestroke is helpful as a lifesaving technique and is often used for long-distance swimming. The sidestroke was first introduced as an Olympic event at the Summer games of the XIX Olympiad in 1968 held at Mexico City.

What is 'modern love' anyways?
Dating went from cavemen clubbing a suitable mate, arranged marriages, Victorian era courting, meeting at bars, video dating, to online dating or keeping up with significant others’ via web cams. What is modern love these days? Complicated.

Online Dating Stats
* 31% of adults in America say they know someone who has used an online dating service. (Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Report: Online Dating, March 2006)
* 40 million Americans use online dating services. That's about 40% of the adult American single population
* 48% of breakups in online relationships occur thru email.
* For singles who use dating sites, 33% form a relationship, 33% do not, and 33% give up on dating online.
* According to Hitwise, there are about 1,400 online dating sites in North America.

Song Lyrics
In the moonlite
Under startlite
Songs old as the night are what I've been dreaming of
Everybody's hard as iron
Locked in a modern world
Dreams are make of a different stuff
I believe love will always be the same
Ways and means are the parts subject to change
M-E-T-H-O-D-O-F-L-O-V-E
It's a method of modern love
I can call you
Got your number
Share my life with you a thousand miles away
If you've hurt me
I haven't shown it
Time's too tight to fight
And we're never face to face
Style is timeless and fashion's only now
We've got the ways no one needs to show us how