Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)

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"Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)"
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Single by La Bouche
from the album S.O.S.
ReleasedOctober 14, 1996
Genre Eurodance
Length3:51
Label
  • BMG
  • Drohm
  • MCI
  • Scorpio Music
Songwriter(s)
  • Billy Alingabo
  • G. Mart
  • James Walls
  • Mandy Lee
Producer(s) Farian Music Production
La Bouche singles chronology
"I Love to Love"
(1995)
"Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)"
(1996)
"You Won't Forget Me"
(1997)
Music video
"Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" on YouTube

"Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" is a song recorded by German Eurodance group La Bouche, released in October 1996 by various labels as a single. It achieved moderate success on the charts in Europe, entering the top 20 in Austria (19), Denmark (19), Finland (15) and Switzerland (15). On the Eurochart Hot 100, the song reached number 47 in December 1996. Its music video was shot in Ibiza, Spain.

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Critical reception

In his review of the group's second American album release, S.O.S., Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News Sentinel felt that the duo "have sporadic fun with their silliness", "sliding in a little Latin funk on the otherwise fuzzy "Bolingo"." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Club Mix) — 8:00
  2. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Radio Mix) — 4:28
  3. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Dub Mix) — 4:40
  1. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Radio Edit) — 3:51
  2. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Radio Mix) — 4:30
  1. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Radio Mix) — 4:28
  2. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Club Mix) — 8:00
  3. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Dub Mix) — 4:40
  4. "Megamix" ("Sweet Dreams"/"Fallin' in Love"/"Be My Lover"/"I Love to Love") — 3:43
  1. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Radio Edit) — 3:51
  2. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Club Mix) — 8:00
  3. "Bolingo (Love Is in the Air)" (Dub Mix) — 4:40

Charts

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