Sweettalk My Heart

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"Sweettalk My Heart"
Tove Lo - Sweettalk My Heart (official single cover).jpg
Single by Tove Lo
from the album Sunshine Kitty
Released18 September 2019
Studio MXM Studios
(Stockholm, Sweden)
MXM Studios
(Los Angeles, USA)
House Mouse Studios
(Stockholm)
Jack & Coke Studios
(Stockholm)
Genre Electropop
Length3:00
Label Universal Music AB
Songwriter(s)
  • Tove Lo
  • Ludvig Söderberg
  • Jakob Hazell
  • Svante Halldin
Producer(s)
Tove Losingles chronology
"Really Don't Like U"
(2019)
"Sweettalk My Heart"
(2019)
"Bikini Porn"
(2020)
Music video
"Sweettalk My Heart" on YouTube

"Sweettalk My Heart" is a song by Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo. It was released as the fifth single off of her fourth studio album, Sunshine Kitty , on 18 September 2019 for digital download and streaming. It is an electropop composition with influences of dancehall music. Upon release, the song received positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and lyrics. It received a music video, as well as a lyric video.

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Background

According to Lo, "Sweettalk My Heart" was "the first song [she] wrote where [she] felt, 'Am I making my fourth album right now? Is this where it’s going to go?'". [1] The track was recorded at MXM Studios in Los Angeles, USA, and Stockholm, Sweden, as well as Jack & Coke Studios and House Mouse Studios, both in Stockholm. [2]

Composition and lyrics

"Sweettalk My Heart" is a "softer-edged" [3] electropop [4] [5] track composed in the key of E♭ minor and a tempo of 95 beats per minute. [6] Michael Love Michael of PAPER described it as a "stylistic merge of dancehall-inflected breakbeats" and "synthesized '80s bombast". [7] Lyrically, it discusses "love's deceptive, darker multitudes" [7]

Critical reception

Upon release, "Sweettalk My Heart" received positive reviews from music critics. Writers for website Scandipop considered the song a highlight on its parent album and Lo's fifth best single in her discography. [8] [9]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the Sunshine Kitty CD booklet. [2]

Track listing

Digital download — Live at Vevo [10]

Digital download — Team Salut Remix [11]

Digital download — Aazar Remix [12]

Digital download — BloodPop® & BURNS Vitaclub Remix [13]

Digital download — Jeremy Olander Remix [14]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia) [15] 25
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [16] 21
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 48

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