I Love to Love

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"I Love to Love"
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Single by La Bouche
from the album Sweet Dreams
B-side "Forget Me Nots"
ReleasedNovember 27, 1995
Recorded1994-1995
Genre Eurodance
Length3:58
Songwriter(s)
  • Uli Brenner
  • Gerd Amir Saraf
  • Lane McCray
Producer(s)
  • Uli Brenner
  • Gerd Amir Saraf
La Bouche singles chronology
"Fallin' in Love"
(1995)
"I Love to Love"
(1995)
"Bolingo (Love is in the Air)"
(1996)
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 "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.

Contents

Critical reception

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]

Track listings

  1. "I Love to Love" (radio mix) — 3:58
  2. "I Love to Love" (radio mix II) — 3:59
  1. "I Love to Love" (radio mix) — 3:58
  2. "I Love to Love" (club mix) — 5:58
  3. "I Love to Love" (Doug Laurent mix) — 5:41
  4. "Forget Me Nots" (club mix) — 5:20
A1. "I Love to Love" (club mix) — 5:54
A2. "I Love to Love" (Doug Laurent mix) — 5:41
B1. "Forget Me Nots" — 6:05
B2. "I Love to Love" — 6:08

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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