I Love You Dude

I Love You Dude
Studio album by Digitalism
Released	15 June 2011 (2011-6-15)
Genre	Electro house electronic rock dance-punk
Length	37:39
Label	V2
Producer	Jens Moelle İsmail Tüfekçi
Digitalism chronology
Idealism (2007) I Love You Dude (2011) Mirage (2016)
Singles from I Love You Dude
"2 Hearts" Released: 15 April 2011 [1] "Circles" Released: 11 November 2011 [2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	58/100 [3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
BBC Music	favourable [5]
Clash	5/10 [6]
Drowned in Sound	7/10 [7]
The Guardian	[8]
musicOMH	[9]
NME	6/10 [10]
Now	2/5 [11]
Pitchfork	4.4/10 [12]
Slant Magazine	[13]

I Love You Dude is the second studio album by German electronic music duo Digitalism, released on 15 June 2011 by V2 Records. The song "Forrest Gump" was co-written by Julian Casablancas of the Strokes. ^[14]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jens Moelle and İsmail Tüfekçi, except where noted

I Love You Dude track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stratosphere"		3:00
2.	"2 Hearts"	Moelle Tüfekçi Alexander Burnett	3:56
3.	"Circles"	Moelle Tüfekçi Cornelius Ulrich	3:48
4.	"Blitz"		4:17
5.	"Forrest Gump"	Moelle Tüfekçi Julian Casablancas Ulrich	3:33
6.	"Reeperbahn"		3:52
7.	"Antibiotics"		3:58
8.	"Just Gazin'"	Moelle Tüfekçi Cäthe Ulrich	3:31
9.	"Miami Showdown"		3:25
10.	"Encore"		4:19
Total length:			37:39

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Harrison Fjord"	6:11
12.	"Silenz"	4:48
13.	"Blade"	5:50
14.	"Sleepwalker" (Japan bonus track)	2:00

Notes

• The Japanese edition switches tracks 1 and 4 and includes a bonus track, "Sleepwalker", as track 7. ^[15]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of I Love You Dude. ^[16]

• Jens Moelle – production, mixing, design
• İsmail Tüfekçi – production, mixing, design
• Cäthe – vocals on "Just Gazin'"
• Cornelius Ulrich – live drum performances
• Mark Ralph – vocal co-production
• Mike Marsh – mastering
• M†S – design

Charts

Chart performance for I Love You Dude

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17]	41
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA) [18]	9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [19]	81
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [20]	77
French Albums (SNEP) [21]	95
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [22]	72
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [23]	56
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24]	65
UK Dance Albums (OCC) [25]	16

Release history

Release dates and formats for I Love You Dude

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Ref(s)
Japan	15 June 2011	CD digital download	EMI Music Japan	[15] [26]
Germany	17 June 2011	CD LP	V2	[27] [28]
	20 June 2011	Digital download		[29]
France		CD digital download		[30] [31]
United Kingdom		CD LP digital download		[32] [33] [34]
United States	21 June 2011	Digital download	V2 Cooperative Music USA Downtown	[35]
Australia	1 July 2011	CD digital download	Cooperative Music	[36]
United States	5 July 2011	CD	V2 Cooperative Music USA Downtown	[37]
	26 July 2011	LP		[38]

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