"Everybody in Love" is a song by English boyband

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from their self-titled debut album (2009). The song was released as a digital download on 1 November 2009, followed by a physical release the following day. The song became the band's second number one single in the UK on 8 November 2009, with a total of 600,000 copies being sold so far in the UK, earning the single a Platinum certification. The song was released to U.S.

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radio on 23 February 2010, but failed to chart on ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Background

According to co-writer

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, "Everybody in Love" was intended to be the lead single from ''

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Critical reception

To date, "Everybody in Love" has garnered mixed to positive reviews, and it was also becoming the only

song to become popular and to have charted in the US.

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said that: "Groundbreaking it ain't, but ''Everybody in Love'' is catchy, feelgood and thoroughly likable. It's also as mushy as the peas at your local chip shop, with the boys issuing this imperative at the start of the song and again towards the end: "Everybody in love, go on put your hands up." If we could listen, type and wave our phone above our head all at the same time, believe us we would be."

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also said "''Everybody In Love'' is so in need of its own 'HRNK' - that international sound effect of the quite good pop tune - that it actually opens with the sound of a rave horn. You cannot say fairer than that." FemaleFirst stated that the song was "Pretty much what we all expected from this JLS single ‘Everybody in Love’. It follows the idea that if you repeat a catchy chorus 100 times then it will become anthemic-a song to sing along to in a club after a few WKD's". They also stated that "Despite it being uber-predictable, the track works on a surface level and the catchy tune will prove a hit, especially with teenagers, and so in that respect it does the job. It would be nice to hear something a bit less obvious for their next effort".

Music video

The video for "Everybody in Love" was shot in August 2009 at

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, and it was the band’s first music video to be shot there. The music video was released in the UK in late September 2009. It shows JLS performing to a crowd of people on a purpose built stage, as well as solo shots of the individual members being accompanied by a love interest that they sing to.

Track listing

# "Everybody In Love" - 3:16 # "Spell It Out" - 3:54

Promotion and performances

JLS made their first live performance of the song on the results show of ''

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'' on 1 November 2009, the day that the single was released for download. They would return later in the series to perform the song at the series' final with

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, where the song was performed as part of a mix with Burke's own #1 single " Bad Boys". The song was also performed on numerous TV shows throughout promotion of the single and the ''JLS'' album, including children's TV shows ''

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'', daytime shows

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and '' This Morning'', plus events such as

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''. The song is traditionally the encore number on their live tours, and after the last chorus ends with a call and response chant between the band and the audience: 'Now everybody say JLS/Now everybody say JLS/Forever, and ever'. The band also performed this song in 2010 at

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and their special for Channel 4's ''

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'', and their ITV1 Christmas special ''This is JLS'', and again in 2011 for The Album Chart Show for the special to promote their 3rd album, ''

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Chart performance

"Everybody in Love" entered the

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on 5 November 2009 at number 2. The song reached number 1 in the

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on 9 November with over 100,000 copies sold in the first week, before dropping to number 3 on 15 November.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

Official website
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