"I Love to Love" is a song recorded by German
Eurodance group
La Bouche
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, 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 "
Forget Me Nots
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", another song taken from the same album. "I Love to Love" earned a
gold
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record in Australia, with a sale of 35,000 singles.
Critical reception
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Indianapolis Star
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'' described "I Love to Love" as a "pounding dance tune" in the vein of
Snap!
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and
Real McCoy
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History
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, noting that their "relentless energy
resteeped in tension and computerization."
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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
"Forget Me Nots" is a 1982 song co-written and performed by American R&B musician Patrice Rushen. It appears on her seventh album, '' Straight from the Heart''. Making a radical shift in her music, Rushen would continue to harness the particular ...
" (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
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
External links
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1995 singles
1996 singles
1995 songs
English-language German songs
La Bouche songs
Techno songs