"Love Shy" is a song by the Danish singer

Kristine Blond Kristine Blond (born Anne-Kristine Blond on 16 April 1975) is a Danish singer and songwriter. Blond had success as a pop and R&B singer in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She achieved three top 40 hit singles on the UK Singles Chart. Her biggest hi ...

, released as a single in 1998. It peaked at number 22 on the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

. Two years later, it reached the top forty in the UK again, landing at number 28 in November 2000, due to the

Club Asylum Club Asylum is the name of UK garage musician Jeremy Sylvester. They were originally a duo which consisted of Sylvester and Paul Emanuel. After the duo decided to go their separate ways, Sylvester continued to produce and remix under the Club A ...

remix of the track becoming a

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club hit. The theme of the song discussed incelibacy and overcoming it. It was the first of two hit singles for Kristine Blond. She returned to the UK chart for the final time in 2002 with "You Make Me Go Oooh" which made number 35. In 2016 for ''Dummy Mag'', UK garage musician Wookie ranked the Club Asylum remix at number five in his list of the "10 Best Garage Tracks", saying "One of the many good remixes of this late '90s track by Danish singer, Kristine Blond. Club Asylum gave it a fresh 2-step vibe in 2000, which was guaranteed to get all the girls singing. Feel good era!" ''

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'' included the

Tuff Jam Tuff Jam are a British DJ, music production and remixing duo consisting of Karl 'Tuff Enuff' Brown and Matt 'Jam' Lamont. They began working together in 1993, and were instrumental in developing the UK garage sound. They presented a radio sho ...

vocal mix of "Love Shy" in their list of "16 of the Best Uplifting Vocal Garage Tracks". "Love Shy" was re-worked by British group

Platnum Platnum are a British bassline vocal group from Manchester, England, consisting of male vocalist Aaron Evers and female vocalists Mina Poli and Michelle McKenna. The trio are best known for providing the vocals on H "Two" O's 2008 single, "Wha ...

and released in 2008 with the title "Love Shy (Thinking About You)", reaching number 12 in the UK Singles Chart.

Charts

Certifications

Platnum version: "Love Shy (Thinking About You)"

"Love Shy (Thinking About You)" (often shortened to "Love Shy") is the second single by the British

bassline Bassline (also known as a bass line or bass part) is the term used in many styles of music, such as blues, jazz, funk, Dub music, dub and electronic music, electronic, traditional music, traditional, or classical music for the low-pitched Part ( ...

group

. It was released after the success of "

What's It Gonna Be What's It Gonna Be may refer to: * "What's It Gonna Be?!", a 1999 song by Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson * What's It Gonna Be (Beyoncé song), "What's It Gonna Be" (Beyoncé song), 2003 * What's It Gonna Be (H "Two" O song), "What's It Gonna Be" (H ...

" with

H "Two" O H "Two" O are an English, Leicester based garage and bassline duo, consisting of Solution and Oz.

. The original version of "Love Shy" had been given a bassline makeover by DJ/producer Shaun 'Banger' Scott at the end of 2007.

Chart

On October 5, 2008, the song entered the

at No. 20 on downloads alone and subsequently peaked at No. 12.

Year-end charts

References

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