I Love to Love

"I Love to Love"
"I Love to Love"
Single by La Bouche
from the album Sweet Dreams
B-side	"Forget Me Nots"
Released	November 27, 1995
Recorded	1994–1995
Genre	Eurodance
Length	3:58
Songwriter(s)	Uli Brenner; Gerd Amir Saraf; Lane McCray;
Producer(s)	Uli Brenner; Gerd Amir Saraf;
La Bouche singles chronology
Music video
	"I Love to Love" on YouTube

"I Love to Love" is a song recorded by German Eurodance group La Bouche, released in November 1995 as the fourth and last single of their debut album, Sweet Dreams (1995). The song achieved a minor success in comparison with "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams", but made it to number five in Hungary and number six in Australia. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached number 37 in February 1996. In Canada, "I Love to Love" peaked at number two on the RPM Dance/Urban chart. The CD maxi's cover features also the title of the fourth track, a cover of Patrice Rushen's "Forget Me Nots", another song taken from the same album. "I Love to Love" earned a gold record in Australia, with a sale of 35,000 singles.

Critical reception

Lynn Dean Ford from Indianapolis Star described "I Love to Love" as a "pounding dance tune" in the vein of Snap! and Real McCoy, noting that their "relentless energy [are] steeped in tension and computerization."^[1]

Track listings

CD single

"I Love to Love" (radio mix) — 3:58
"I Love to Love" (radio mix II) — 3:59

CD maxi

"I Love to Love" (radio mix) — 3:58
"I Love to Love" (club mix) — 5:58
"I Love to Love" (Doug Laurent mix) — 5:41
"Forget Me Nots" (club mix) — 5:20

7" maxi

A1. "I Love to Love" (club mix) — 5:54

A2. "I Love to Love" (Doug Laurent mix) — 5:41

B1. "Forget Me Nots" — 6:05

B2. "I Love to Love" — 6:08

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995-1996)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	6
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[2]	19
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)^[2]	21
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)^[3]	2
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)^[4]	37
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)^[2]	18
France (SNEP)^[2]	27
Germany (Official German Charts)^[2]	21
Hungary (Mahasz)^[5]	5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	26
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[2]	30
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)^[2]	42

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[6]	51

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	Gold	35,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Dean Ford, Lynn (1 February 1996). "There's both Sting and balm in Sumner". Indianapolis Star.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "I Love to Love", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 12, 2008)
^ "Canada peak position". Archived from the original on 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1996-02-24. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
^ "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. 1996-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
^ "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". The Australian Record Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

External links

"I Love To Love" music video on YouTube

[1] Dean Ford, Lynn (1 February 1996). "There's both Sting and balm in Sumner". Indianapolis Star.

[Lescharts-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "I Love to Love", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 12, 2008)

[3] "Canada peak position". Archived from the original on 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-29.

[4] "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 1996-02-24. Retrieved 2018-06-24.

[5] "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. 1996-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

[aria96-6] "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". The Australian Record Industry Association Ltd. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[AustraliaLa_BoucheI_Love_to_LovesingleCertRef-7] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

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