<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (July 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" is a 1974 R&B song, written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh, and first recorded by Bobby Bland for the ABC Dunhill album Dreamer . While Bland scored a minor hit with the song, landing in the top ten of the R&B charts, it is perhaps best known through cover versions and samples . While it is ostensibly a love song, some critics have also heard it as a lament on urban poverty and hopelessness; the cover version by reggae singer Al Brown even changes most of the lyrics to magnify this emphasis . The song is featured on the soundtracks to the 2009 film Fighting and the 2011 crime drama The Lincoln Lawyer . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Whitesnake </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> from the album Live...in the Heart of the City and Snakebite EP </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> B - side </Th> <Td> "Take Me With You" (Live) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Released </Th> <Td> 1978 (studio version) 1980 (live version) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Format </Th> <Td> Vinyl LP </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Recorded </Th> <Td> April 7--13, 1978 (studio version) November 23, 1978 (live version) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Hard rock, blues - rock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Length </Th> <Td> 5: 07 (studio) 8: 18 (live) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Label </Th> <Td> United Artists, Geffen, EMI (studio) Liberty, Sunburst (live) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Michael Price Dan Walsh </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer (s) </Th> <Td> Martin Birch (both versions) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Whitesnake singles chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ready an' Willing" (1980) </Td> <Td> "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (1978) </Td> <Td> "Don't Break My Heart Again" (1981) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Ready an' Willing" (1980) </Td> <Td> "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" (1978) (1980) </Td> <Td> "Don't Break My Heart Again" (1981) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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