Let Love Be Your Energy

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"Let Love Be Your Energy"
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Single by Robbie Williams
from the album Sing When You're Winning
B-side
  • "My Way" (live)
  • "Rolling Stone"
Released9 April 2001 (2001-04-09)
Studio
Genre Alternative rock [1]
Length
  • 4:59 (album version)
  • 4:06 (radio mix)
Label Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"United"
(2000)
"Let Love Be Your Energy"
(2001)
"Eternity" / "The Road to Mandalay"
(2001)
Music video
"Let Love Be Your Energy" on YouTube

"Let Love Be Your Energy" is a song by English singer Robbie Williams, released in April 2001 as the fourth single from his third studio album, Sing When You're Winning (2000). The song reached number 10 in the United Kingdom (his first to miss the top five since 1997's "South of the Border") and entered the top 40 in several other countries. It was not released in Australia until 2002, when it peaked at number 53 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The music video for the single was presented in animation. It featured a cartoon facsimile of Williams always on the run in search of love. There is a second, raunchier version of the video depicting animated nudity and sex.

Contents

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Sing When You're Winning album booklet. [6]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2001–2002)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 53
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 54
Croatia (HRT) [9] 7
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [10] 33
Germany (Official German Charts) [11] 68
Ireland (IRMA) [12] 26
Italy (FIMI) [13] 50
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [14] 21
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [15] 55
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [16] 11
Scotland (OCC) [17] 9
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [18] 56
UK Singles (OCC) [19] 10

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom9 April 2001
  • CD
  • cassette
Chrysalis [20]
Australia10 June 2002CD [21]

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