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"Not Giving Up On Love" (2010)
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"Not Giving Up on Love" is a trance song. [6] It also features euphoric synths and pulsating beats. [7] According to Idolator's Robbie Daw, the opening lyrics to 'Not Giving Up on Love' could almost be describing Sophie's feelings about her chart fortunes over the past year: "I know you’re feeling restless, like life’s not on your side/It’s weighing heavy on your mind." [8] In the chorus, she sings: "Hold me now, nothing else matters, it’s just the two of us / And if it all falls down, nothing else matters, you know we’re strong enough / I’m not giving up, I’m not giving up on us / I said I’m not giving up, I’m not giving up on love." [6]

Critical reception

The song received positive reviews from most music critics. Jon O'Brien of Allmusic wrote that "on the warm and melancholic multi-layered trance of 'Not Giving Up on Love', she shows her Ibiza soundtrack days aren't as far behind her as first thought." [1] Tom Hocknell of BBC Music commented, "The album’s purple patch continues with Van Buuren’s uplifting Not Giving Up on Love, which sounds like Chicane at the gym." [9] Lewis Corner of Digital Spy awarded it four out of five stars, writing "The result is a club thumper more fabulous and heavy than a Big Fat Gypsy wedding dress." [7] Robert Copsey also of Digital Spy called it "a club-thumping collaboration with superstar DJ Armin van Buuren." [10] Clixie Music called it "typically Sophie, an anthem-driven track." [11] Sputnikmusic's staff wrote that "the song exist only to excite. It's a sleeper club hit just waiting to happen." [12]

Music video

The video for "Not Giving Up on Love" was shot in Ibiza, Spain by British director Sophie Muller, as stated by Ellis-Bextor on an interview. The video shoot took place in San Antonio and the Amnesia Club during August 2010. [13] It was premiered on 17 August 2010. [14]

Van Buuren told MTV News:

"Sophie [Ellis-Bextor] was very keen on working with Sophie Muller. She's like the name in music video production. We wanted a video that was very beautiful. Sophie Ellis-Bextor is a beautiful person to look at. She's an amazing performer, and I was like, 'I have my residency at Amnesia [a marquee club on the island], why not just do a video in Ibiza?' And everybody was like, 'OK!'". [15]

Inter-cut with shots of Ellis-Bextor soaking up the sun is a club scene showing the pair performing the song. Van Buuren told MTV News the shoot was the first live attempt at the song in which the duo performed. Said the Dutch trance music star: "It was really crazy because we only had one take to do it live. We had [about] eight cameras rolling, and it was like, 'Sophie is gonna be here. She's gonna rock the track live for you guys. We are shooting a video and we only have one take to do it. So you better be enthusiastic!'". [15]

Track listing

"Not Giving Up on Love"
Not Giving Up cover.jpg
Single by Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
from the album Mirage and Make a Scene
Released20 August 2010 (2010-08-20)
Studio Armada Studios, Amsterdam
Genre Vocal trance
Length2:53
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Armin van Buuren singles chronology
"Full Focus"
(2010)		"Not Giving Up on Love"
(2010)		"This Light Between Us"
(2010)

Charts

Personnel

Songwriting
Composition and production
Vocal production and backing vocals
  • Olivia Nervo
  • Miriam Nervo
Vocals Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Mastering
  • Joe LaPorta
  • Emily Lazar

Source: Not Giving Up on Love (liner notes). Armin van Buuren vs. Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Armada Music. 2010.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

Release history

RegionDateFormat
Worldwide [16] 20 August 2010 Digital download
Netherlands27 August 2010 [19] CD single
Germany
Austria
Italy [42] 11 January 2011 Digital download
United Kingdom6 March 2011

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