The Meaning of Love (Michelle McManus song)

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"The Meaning of Love"
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Single by Michelle
from the album The Meaning of Love
A-side "The Meaning of Love"
Released5 April 2004 (2004-04-05)
Recorded2004
Genre Pop
Length4:24(album version)
3:10 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriters
Producer Steve Robson
Michelle singles chronology
"All This Time"
(2003)		"The Meaning of Love"
(2004)		"Take You There"
(2012)

"The Meaning of Love" is the second single from Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus, released under the mononym "Michelle" on 5 April 2004. [1] It did not match the success of her chart-topping debut single "All This Time", reaching number 16 in the United Kingdom [2] and number 29 in Ireland. [3] Soon after the single's commercial failure, BMG dropped McManus from the label. [4]

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Reception

Daily Record critic John Dingwall called the song a "great ballad"; [5] a colleague of his, however, wrote: "Michelle's going to have to aim much higher... 'The Meaning of Love', while good, isn't great." [6] Writing for AllMusic, journalist Sharon Mawer described the track as "a charity sounding record without the All Saints rhythm [of 'All This Time'], without the multi-vocals, and without much of a tune either". [7]

Commercial performance

"The Meaning of Love" debuted at number 16 in the United Kingdom and number 29 in Ireland. The single did not chart as well as expected. Considered a flop, with sales of only 8,000 in its first week, one newspaper drew comparisons of McManus' fortunes to Popstars: The Rivals rejects One True Voice. [8]

Track listing

UK CD single

  1. "The Meaning of Love" (radio edit)
  2. "Believe"
  3. "Tell Me Now"
  4. "The Meaning of Love" (enhanced section including music video)

UK digital download

  1. "The Meaning of Love" (album version)

Charts

Charts (2004)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [3] 29
Scotland Singles (OCC) [9] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [2] 16

References

  1. ↑ "Datafile". Music Week . 3 April 2004. p. 19.
  2. 1 2 "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  3. 1 2 "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Michelle". Irish Singles Chart.
  4. ↑ English, Paul (4 September 2010). "Michelle McManus: How I fought back from Pop Idol rejection to sing for the Pope". Daily Record . Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Dingwall, John (11 February 2004). "The Razz: 'Chelle: We hear new album first". Daily Record . Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Razz: Singles and Albums". Daily Record . 9 April 2004. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Mawer, Sharon. "Michelle McManus – "The Meaning of Love"". AllMusic . Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Top of the flops". Birmingham Mail . 12 April 2004. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.


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