Show Me Love (Tove Styrke song)

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"Show Me Love"
Tove Styrke - Show Me Love Cover.jpg
Single by Tove Styrke
from the album Hard
Released21 January 2022 (2022-01-21)
Genre
Length2:33
Label Sony Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Loelv
Tove Styrke singles chronology
"Start Walking"
(2021)
"Show Me Love"
(2022)
"Hardcore"
(2022)

"Show Me Love" is a song by Swedish singer Tove Styrke. It was released as a single on 21 January 2022 through Sony Music as the second single from her fourth studio album, Hard (2022).

Contents

Background

"Show Me Love" was written by Tove Styrke, Sophia Somajo, and Elof Loelv. [1] The song was released as a single on 21 January 2022 through Sony Music. [2]

Music video

Oskar Gullstrand and Tove Berglund directed the accompanying music video for "Show Me Love". [3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Show Me Love"
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [4] 93

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