"Real Love" is a song by English singer-songwriter

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from his debut solo album, ''

'' (2005). It was released as the fourth and final single from the album in 2006. The song was originally produced by

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& Joe, Ash Howes,

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, and Remee, and it was remixed by

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and Paul Meehan for its single release. "Real Love" was not released in Ryan's native United Kingdom, due to the lack of sales for Ryan's previous singles. The track received attention for its use as the theme song for the UK release of the film '' Ice Age: The Meltdown''. The song peaked at No. 57 in Italy and No. 72 in

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. In 2008, the song was covered by

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and

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for

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's debut album ''

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''. The song was released on 21 April 2008 and served as the second single from the album. According to ''

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'', the song has sold 8,000 copies as of June 2008.

Track listing

*;CD single # "Real Love" – 3:07 # "Real Love" (Sharp Boys club mix) – 7:32

Credits and personnel

*Songwriting – John Reid, Joe Belmaati,

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Remee Remee Sigvardt Jackman (né Mikkel Johan Imer Sigvardt; born Frederiksberg, 8 November 1974), better known as Remee, is a Danish producer, composer and songwriter. Career Remee has written more than 60 hits and has sold over 25 million records. H ...

*Production –

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, Remee *Additional production –

, Paul Meehan *Engineer – David Treahearn, Rob Haggett *Guitar – Adam Phillips *Bass – Stefan Olsson *Keyboards – Paul Meehan *Mixer – Matt Furmidge, Mike Nocito Credits adapted from CD single liner notes.

Charts

References

2005 songs 2006 singles Lee Ryan songs Sony BMG singles Songs written by Remee Songs written by Cutfather Song recordings produced by Brian Rawling {{2000s-pop-single-stub