Editing Jimmy Somerville (section)

===''Dare to Love'' and other works (1991–1997)===
{{Quote box|width=26%|align=right|quote="I don't think it's fair to tell your audience that you're gay, but that you're not going to acknowledge it in your primary form of creative expression. It's an unfortunate manipulation of honesty that collects gay dollars without an even exchange. But my intention is not to help people live in oblivion. It is to be honest. And that is far more important than gold-selling records"|source=—Somerville interviewed by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' weeks before launching ''Dare to Love''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-04-04.pdf|date=1995-03-04|title=Sommerville's Back In A 'Heartbeat' {{!}} Single Leads Off London's 'Dare To Love'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|author=[[Larry Flick]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation|PMC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201011330/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1995/BB-1995-04-04.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=1 February 2023}}(p. 33)</ref>}}

In 1991, Somerville provided backing vocals to a track called "Why Aren't You in Love With Me?" from the album ''[[Ripe (Banderas album)|Ripe]]'' by Communards offshoot band [[Banderas (duo)|Banderas]]. The Banderas duo, Caroline Buckley and Sally Herbert, had previously been part of Somerville's backing band. After this, he disappeared from the limelight for several years. He returned in 1995 with the album ''Dare to Love'', which included "[[Heartbeat (Jimmy Somerville song)|Heartbeat]]" (a UK Top 30 hit and a No. 1 hit on the [[Hot Dance Club Play|US dance chart]]), "[[It Hurts So Good|Hurt So Good]]" and "[[By Your Side (Jimmy Somerville song)|By Your Side]]", though commercial success was now beginning to elude him and his contract with London Records to which he had been signed for over a decade came to an end.