Is It Love (Twenty 4 Seven song)

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"Is It Love"
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CD Maxi
Single by Twenty 4 Seven
from the album Slave to the Music
Released14 November 1993
Genre Eurodance
Length3:56 (single mix)
Label Indisc
Songwriters
Producers
Twenty 4 Seven singles chronology
"Slave to the Music"
(1993)		"Is It Love"
(1993)		"Take Me Away"
(1994)
Music video
"Is It Love" on YouTube

"Is It Love" is a song recorded by Dutch Eurodance group Twenty 4 Seven, released in November 1993, by label Indisc, as the fourth single from their second studio album, Slave To The Music (1993). It was the first up-tempo song written by Ruud van Rijen and experienced success on the charts in Europe, peaking at number five in Germany. The chorus is sung by Nancy Coolen while the rap parts are performed by Stay-C. Maria Jimenez from pan-European magazine Music & Media described "Is It Love" as a "sugar-coated highly commercial track". [1]

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Chart performance

"Is It Love" entered the top 10 in Austria, [2] Denmark, [3] Germany, [4] the Netherlands, [5] Portugal, [6] and Sweden. [7] In Germany, it spent 19 weeks within the German Singles Chart. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it debuted at number 32, after charting in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden. [8] It peaked at number 16, while reaching number 13 on the European Dance Radio Chart. [9] The song was a top-20 hit also in Belgium, [10] and Iceland. [11] It didn't chart on the UK Singles Chart. Outside Europe, "Is It Love" charted at number eight in Zimbabwe, [12] and number 20 in both Australia and New Zealand. [13] [14] It earned a gold record in Germany, with a sale of 250,000 singles.

Music video

The partially black-and-white music video for "Is It Love" was released in December 1993 by Garcia Media Production. It was videoed by Fernando Garcia and Steve Walker, and filmed in Belgium and the Netherlands. MTV Europe put the video on "prime break out" rotation in the beginning of January 1994, while it was A-listed by Germany's VIVA in February. [15] [16]

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [30] Gold250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ Jimenez, Maria (29 January 1994). "Groovemix: Short Grooves" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 5. p. 8. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  3. 1 2 "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 49. 4 December 1993. p. 12. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  5. 1 2 "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  6. 1 2 "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 50. 11 December 1993. p. 24. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love". Singles Top 100.
  8. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 49. 4 December 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. 1 2 "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 5. 29 January 1994. p. 26. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 10.03.1994 – 16.03.1994". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 10 March 1994. p. 20. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  12. 1 2
    • Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: singles chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  13. 1 2 "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  14. 1 2 "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love". Top 40 Singles.
  15. ↑ "Station Reports: MTV Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 2. 8 January 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "Station Reports > VIVA TV/Cologne" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 6. 5 February 1994. p. 29. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  17. ↑ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 8. 19 February 1994. p. 17.
  18. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 52, 1993" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "Twenty 4 Seven – Is It Love". Swiss Singles Chart.
  20. ↑ "Jaarlijsten 1993" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  21. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  22. ↑ "Jahreshitparade Singles 1994" (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  23. ↑ "Jaaroverzichten 1994" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  24. ↑ "1994 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 52. 24 December 1994. p. 12. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  25. ↑ "Top 100 Singles – Jahrescharts 1994" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  26. ↑ "Jaarlijsten 1994" (in Dutch). Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  27. ↑ "Jaaroverichten – Single 1994" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  28. ↑ "Årslista Singlar, 1994" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  29. ↑ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1994" (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  30. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Twenty 4 Seven; 'Is It Love')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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