"This Love" is a

dance-rock Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. It is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and post-punk with fewer rhythm and blues influences. It originated in the early 1980s, following the decline in popularity of both punk and disco ...

song written by

Toby Gad Tobias "Toby" Gad (born 28 March 1968) is a Los Angeles-based German music producer/songwriter, best known for co-writing John Legend's biggest hit, " All of Me," the fifth-highest certified single in RIAA history, and for co-writing and producin ...

and at that time-unknown pop singer

Kesha Kesha Rose Sebert (; born March 1, 1987), formerly stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer and songwriter. In 2005, at age 18, Kesha was signed to Kemosabe Records. Her first major success came in early 2009 after she was featured on America ...

, produced by Gad for

The Veronicas The Veronicas is an Australian pop duo from Brisbane. The group was formed in 2004 by identical twin sisters Lisa and Jessica Origliasso. In 2005, the Veronicas released their debut studio album, titled '' The Secret Life of...'', which peak ...

' second album, ''

Hook Me Up ''Hook Me Up'' is the second studio album by Australian duo the Veronicas, which was released on 3 November 2007 (see 2007 in music) by Sire Records. It debuted on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart at number two and has since been certifie ...

'' (2007). It was released as the album's third single in Australia as a digital download on 30 March 2008 and CD single 14 April 2008. Its lyrics describe a long distance relationship, and how they won't give up on the relationship and love while they're apart from each other. The song became a top ten hit in Australia and top twenty hit in New Zealand, peaking at number ten and fourteen respectively. Allmusic calls "This Love" "an utterly charming dance-rock confection that, in its last minute, abruptly unleashes a euphoric synthesizer

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whose nod to

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's '

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' is unmissable." allmusic review of album Hook Me Up/ref> The song is synth based with an 808 based drum beat.

Music video

The music video for the song was filmed at The Storrier in Potts Point, Australia and took one week to film various scenes around Sydney. The video premiered on Australian music channels on 25 March 2008. It features two males playing each of The Veronicas partners, including ex-''

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'' contestant

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as one of them (Lisa Origliasso's partner, whom she was also dating at the time). The Veronicas state that they included their real life boyfriends in the video to show a more real side to their relationships.

Track listing

;CD single/digital single #"This Love" – 2:59 #"Don't Say Goodbye" (featuring

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) – 2:56 #" Untouched" (Listen Deep Remix) – 4:32

Commercial performance

"This Love" had commercial success in Australia and New Zealand. In late-April 2008 it debuted at number fourteen on the Australian

ARIA Singles Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

."This Love – Australian chart run"
''Australian-charts.com''. Retrieved 26 October 2008. On its fifth week on the chart at peaked at number ten and went to spend five months on the chart. The

Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing th ...

awarded the single a gold certification for shipping 35,000 copies."ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 Singles"
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''. Retrieved 26 October 2008. In New Zealand, the single debuted at number thirty-seven on the New Zealand

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Singles Chart, and went to peak at number fourteen, spending a total of fourteen weeks on the chart."This Love – New Zealand chart run"
''Charts.org.nz''. Retrieved 26 October 2008.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Certification

Release history

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:This Love (The Veronicas Song) 2007 songs 2008 singles The Veronicas songs Songs written by Kesha Songs written by Toby Gad Song recordings produced by Toby Gad Sire Records singles