"I Love to Love" | ||||
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Single by La Bouche | ||||
from the album Sweet Dreams | ||||
B-side | "Forget Me Nots" | |||
Released | November 27, 1995 | |||
Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
Genre | Eurodance | |||
Length | 3:58 | |||
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La Bouche singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"I Love to Love" on YouTube |
"I Love to Love" is a song recorded by German Eurodance group La Bouche, released in November 1995 as the fourth and last single of their debut album, Sweet Dreams (1995). The song achieved a minor success in comparison with "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams", but made it to number five in Hungary and number six in Australia. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 37 in February 1996. In Canada, "I Love to Love" peaked at number two on the RPM Dance/Urban chart. The CD maxi's cover features also the title of the fourth track, a cover of Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots", another song taken from the same album. "I Love to Love" earned a gold record in Australia, with a sale of 35,000 singles.
Lynn Dean Ford from Indianapolis Star described "I Love to Love" as a "pounding dance tune" in the vein of Snap! and Real McCoy, noting that their "relentless energy [are] steeped in tension and computerization." [1]
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [7] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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