"Love Generation" is a song by French music producer and DJ

Bob Sinclar Christophe Le Friant (; born 10 May 1969), better known by his stage name Bob Sinclar (), is a French record producer, DJ and remixer. He is the owner of the record label Yellow Productions. Musical career A native of Paris, Le Friant began DJ ...

, featuring vocals by

Gary Pine Gary Pine, also Gary "Nesta" Pine, is a Jamaican singer best known for the vocals on several Bob Sinclar songs, including " Love Generation", "Shining from Heaven", "Miss Me", "Give a Lil' Love", and " Sound of Freedom". He was the frontman of T ...

, from the French artist's fourth studio album, ''

Western Dream ''Western Dream'' is the fourth studio album by French producer Bob Sinclar. The album is one of his most successful albums, spawning the hit singles "Love Generation (song), Love Generation", which was a number one hit in Europe, "World, Hold On ...

''. The single was released in September 2005 through the

Yellow Productions Yellow Productions is an independent record label specializing in electronic music. Based in Paris, France, it was founded in 1993 by DJ Yellow and Christophe Le Friant (more famous under Bob Sinclar alias). The label's roster represents Bob Sinc ...

label and became a hit in Europe and Australia, topping the charts of five countries as well as the Hungarian and US dance charts. It was less popular in the United Kingdom, reaching number 12 there, and was featured on many

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albums of the time and had much rotation on

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. In 2006, a new version that featured the

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mascot

Goleo VI Goleo VI, commonly known as Goleo, and Pille, were the official mascots for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Goleo takes the form of a lion, and is never found far from his sidekick, Pille, a talking football. Goleo is clad in a white footbal ...

was released.

Music video

The music video is inspired by the music video for "Sweet Lullaby" by

Deep Forest Deep Forest is a French musical group originally consisting of two French musicians, Michel Sanchez and Éric Mouquet. They compose a style of world music, sometimes called ethnic electronica, mixing ethnic with electronic sounds and dance ...

. Both videos feature children riding their bicycle across different locations, greeting the local people and sampling the local cultures and atmosphere. The music video, which appears to have been shot at various locations in the United States, starts with a young boy (played by David Beaudoin, who stars in numerous

videos) waking up one seemingly ordinary morning. He gets himself ready and goes out on his bike to school. He arrives outside the entrance and pauses, apparently in thought. Then he rides the bike on, past the school, and partakes on a trip to many different and exotic locations all over the USA including New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He waves to people he passes, rests occasionally for refreshments and to admire his surroundings, before riding on. The man watering his lawn is Sinclar. Eventually he ends up back at his home at the time he usually gets back from school. He embraces and chats animatedly to his mother, and she brings him to bed later. He looks thoughtfully at the globe at his bedside table, before rolling over to sleep. Overall the video has a very upbeat story, an adventure in the wild outdoors, and how a boy spreads love all over his nation.

FIFA version

The special release

presents

featuring Gary "Nesta" Pine was on 9 December 2005 to coincide with the draws for the

. The song was used throughout the World Cup event the following year. The animated mascot

and Pille appear both on the cover of FIFA single release and in the music video launched.

Other use

In 2009, the song was used in several versions, edits and mixes by Canada's

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as theme song to advertise the

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lottery.

Track listings

# "Love Generation" (Radio Edit) # "Love Generation" (Club Mix) # "Love Generation" (

Full Intention Full Intention is an English house music duo consisting of Michael Gray and Jon Pearn. They are best known as prolific producers and remixers. They have reworked songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and ...

Mix) # "Love Generation" (Full Intention Dub) # "Love Generation" (

Ron Carroll Ronald Michael Carroll is an American DJ, singer, songwriter and producer. He is primarily known in the house music circuit. Carroll has worked with many of house's most famous producers, including E-Smoove, Maurice Joshua and Bob Sinclar. H ...

Black Church Feeling) # "Love Generation" (

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Gutta Remix) * Australasian release # "Love Generation" (Radio Edit) # "Love Generation" (Extended Club Version)

Chart performance

The song was a No. 1 hit in countries such as

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and

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and made the top fifteen in several other countries such as

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and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

"Love Generation" Official Music Video
{{Authority control Bob Sinclar songs 2005 singles 2005 songs House music songs Number-one singles in Germany Number-one singles in Australia Songs written by Bob Sinclar Songs written by Duane Harden Yellow Productions singles FIFA World Cup songs