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data-file-width="314" data-file-height="317" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Artwork for UK and European releases</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake_(album)" title="Whitesnake (album)">Whitesnake</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Standing in the Shadow '87" (UK)<br />"Bad Boys" (US)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">26 May 1987 (UK) <ul><li>October 1987 (US)</li> <li>20 June 1994 (<a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)">Greatest Hits</a> reissue)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glam_metal" title="Glam metal">Glam metal</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-shutter_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shutter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li><a href="/wiki/Soft_rock" title="Soft rock">soft rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-shutter_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shutter-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">4</span>:<span class="s">48</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">Geffen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Coverdale" title="David Coverdale">David Coverdale</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/John_Sykes" title="John Sykes">John Sykes</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Stone_(record_producer)" title="Mike Stone (record producer)">Mike Stone</a> (for Mike Stone Enterprises)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Olsen" title="Keith Olsen">Keith Olsen</a> (for Pogologo Productions)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Here_I_Go_Again" title="Here I Go Again">Here I Go Again 87</a>" <br />(1987) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Is This Love</b>" <br />(1987) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Give_Me_All_Your_Love" title="Give Me All Your Love">Give Me All Your Love</a>" <br />(1988) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOJk0HW_hJw"><span class="plainlinks">"Is This Love"</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Is This Love</b>" is a song by the English hard rock band <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a>. It was released in 1987 as the second single from their <a href="/wiki/Whitesnake_(album)" title="Whitesnake (album)">self-titled album</a>. </p><p>The single was a hit for Whitesnake, reaching number nine in the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-UK_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and number two on the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> singles chart, making it their second-biggest US hit after "<a href="/wiki/Here_I_Go_Again" title="Here I Go Again">Here I Go Again</a>", which topped the chart. The single was reissued in 1994 to promote <i><a href="/wiki/Whitesnake%27s_Greatest_Hits" class="mw-redirect" title="Whitesnake's Greatest Hits">Whitesnake's Greatest Hits</a></i>. This version reached number 25 on the UK Singles Chart.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Is This Love" has been a mainstay in Whitesnake's live shows since 1987. As such, it is featured on several of their live albums, including <i><a href="/wiki/Live:_In_the_Shadow_of_the_Blues" class="mw-redirect" title="Live: In the Shadow of the Blues">Live: In the Shadow of the Blues</a></i> (2006) and <i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Donington_1990" title="Live at Donington 1990">Live at Donington 1990</a></i> (2011). John Sykes played it live in 2004 (<i><a href="/wiki/Bad_Boy_Live!" title="Bad Boy Live!">Bad Boy Live!</a></i>). In 2015, <i><a href="/wiki/Classic_Rock_(magazine)" title="Classic Rock (magazine)">Classic Rock</a></i> magazine ranked it as 7th on their Top 40 greatest <a href="/wiki/Power_ballad" class="mw-redirect" title="Power ballad">power ballads</a> list.<sup id="cite_ref-CS15_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CS15-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_writing">Background and writing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The power ballad<sup id="cite_ref-CS15_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CS15-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was written by vocalist <a href="/wiki/David_Coverdale" title="David Coverdale">David Coverdale</a> and guitarist <a href="/wiki/John_Sykes" title="John Sykes">John Sykes</a> during the album's early writing process (which took place in the south of France), but it was long rumoured that the song had originally been written for <a href="/wiki/Tina_Turner" title="Tina Turner">Tina Turner</a>. Coverdale confirmed these rumours in the booklet of <i>Whitesnake</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 20th anniversary edition, by saying. </p> <blockquote><p><i>Before I'd left [for the south of France] a friend at <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a> had asked me for any ideas that would work for Tina Turner. So that was where the original idea for "Is This Love" came from.</i></p></blockquote> <p>According to Coverdale, when <a href="/wiki/David_Geffen" title="David Geffen">David Geffen</a> heard it he was told to keep it and so kept it for Whitesnake.<sup id="cite_ref-Wardlaw17_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wardlaw17-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_video">Music video</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Music video"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A music video was also made, featuring Coverdale's then-girlfriend actress <a href="/wiki/Tawny_Kitaen" title="Tawny Kitaen">Tawny Kitaen</a>. The music video, which was directed by <a href="/wiki/Marty_Callner" title="Marty Callner">Marty Callner</a>, depicts the band playing the song on a misty stage, intercut with scenes of Coverdale singing, Kitaen dancing and the two of them together. Due to Coverdale firing the other members of the band before the album was released, he is the only Whitesnake member present on both the recording and in the music video; this was the case for all music videos released for songs from the 1987 album (except for "Here I Go Again", Vandenberg performed the guitar solo on the recording and later appeared in the music video as well).It achieved heavy rotation on MTV.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercial_performance">Commercial performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Commercial performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Is This Love" reached number 13 on <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" title="Mainstream Rock (chart)">Mainstream Rock</a> chart.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also peaked at number 38 on the <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a> chart in the US;<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite this, in the years since, "<a href="/wiki/Here_I_Go_Again" title="Here I Go Again">Here I Go Again</a>", which did not chart on the AC chart at the time of its release, gets more airplay on adult contemporary stations, most notably <a href="/wiki/IHeartRadio" title="IHeartRadio">iHeartRadio</a>-owned stations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listings">Track listings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Track listings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All songs were written by David Coverdale and John Sykes, except where noted. </p><p><b>UK (EMI) single</b> </p> <ol><li>"Is This Love" – 4:48</li> <li>"Standing in the Shadow" – 3:53 (Coverdale)*</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Need_Your_Love_So_Bad" title="Need Your Love So Bad">Need Your Love So Bad</a>" – 3:21 (Little Willie John)*</li></ol> <p><b>US (Geffen) single</b> </p> <ol><li>"Is This Love" – 4:48</li> <li>"Bad Boys" – 4:09</li></ol> <p>*The B-sides that appeared on EMI editions of the single were new 1987 re-recordings of earlier tracks by the band, although they were not advertised as such on the packaging. Both re-recorded versions would later feature on the <i><a href="/wiki/1987_Versions" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 Versions">1987 Versions</a></i> EP. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Coverdale" title="David Coverdale">David Coverdale</a> – lead vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sykes" title="John Sykes">John Sykes</a> – guitar, backing vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Murray_(British_musician)" title="Neil Murray (British musician)">Neil Murray</a> – bass guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aynsley_Dunbar" title="Aynsley Dunbar">Aynsley Dunbar</a> – drums</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Airey" title="Don Airey">Don Airey</a> – keyboards</li></ul> <div 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.col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Weekly chart performance for "Is This Love" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1987–1988) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Kent_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kent-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (<i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Canadatopsingles_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Canadatopsingles_-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Europe (<a href="/wiki/European_Hot_100_Singles" title="European Hot 100 Singles">European Hot 100 Singles</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>46 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRMA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Ireland2_Whitesnake_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Ireland2_Whitesnake-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch40_Whitesnake_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch40_Whitesnake-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Whitesnake_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Whitesnake-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">31 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-UK_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hot_100_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hot_100-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Whitesnake_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Whitesnake-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">38 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" title="Mainstream Rock (chart)">Mainstream Rock</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Whitesnake_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Whitesnake-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i><a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)">Cash Box</a></i> Top 100<sup id="cite_ref-Cash_Box_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cash_Box-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (2013) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_UK_Rock_%26_Metal_Singles_and_Albums_Charts_number_ones" title="Lists of UK Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Charts number ones">UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>16 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>1987 year-end chart performance for "Is This Love" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1987) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Singles (OCC)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>98 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <caption>1988 year-end chart performance for "Is This Love" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1988) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>17 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Certifications and sales for "Is This Love" </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spain (<a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-SpainWhitesnakeIs_This_LovesingleCertRef_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpainWhitesnakeIs_This_LovesingleCertRef-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>30,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomWhitesnakeIs_This_LovesingleCertRef_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomWhitesnakeIs_This_LovesingleCertRef-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Silver </td> <td>200,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>‡</sup> Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Is_This_Love_(Whitesnake_song)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 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In the Still of the Night</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live..._in_the_Shadow_of_the_Blues" title="Live... in the Shadow of the Blues">Live... in the Shadow of the Blues</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Donington_1990" title="Live at Donington 1990">Live at Donington 1990</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Made_in_Japan_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Made in Japan (Whitesnake album)">Made in Japan</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)">Greatest Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Millennium_Collection:_The_Best_of_Whitesnake" title="20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Whitesnake">The Best of Whitesnake: The Millennium Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Anniversary_Collection" title="The Silver Anniversary Collection">The Silver Anniversary Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Silver_Anniversary_Collection" title="The Silver Anniversary Collection">Best of Whitesnake</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Early_Years_(Whitesnake_album)" title="The Early Years (Whitesnake album)">The Early Years</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Definitive_Collection_(Whitesnake_album)" title="The Definitive Collection (Whitesnake album)">The Definitive Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rock_Album" title="The Rock Album">The Rock Album</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Songs_(Whitesnake_album)" title="Love Songs (Whitesnake album)">Love Songs</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blues_Album" title="The Blues Album">The Blues Album</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(Whitesnake_album)#Greatest_Hits:_Revisted,_Remixed,_Remastered_(2022)" title="Greatest Hits (Whitesnake album)">Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Into_the_Light:_The_Solo_Albums" title="Into the Light: The Solo Albums">Into the Light: The Solo Albums</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Boxsets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/30th_Anniversary_Collection_(Whitesnake_album)" title="30th Anniversary Collection (Whitesnake album)">30th Anniversary Collection</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Snakebite_(album)" title="Snakebite (album)">Snakebite</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Long_Way_from_Home_(EP)" title="Long Way from Home (EP)">Long Way from Home</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Love_in_the_Heart_of_the_City" title="Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City">Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Day_Tripper" title="Day Tripper">Day Tripper</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Long_Way_from_Home_(EP)" title="Long Way from Home (EP)">Long Way from Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Fool_for_Your_Loving" title="Fool for Your Loving">Fool for Your Loving</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ready_an%27_Willing" title="Ready an' Willing">Ready an' Willing</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_No_Love_in_the_Heart_of_the_City" title="Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City">Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (Live)</a>"</li> <li>"<a 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