"Your Love Is a Song" is a song written and recorded by the

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band

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. It was first released as a single to the

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in Australia, and became the third radio single from the band's seventh studio album, ''

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''.

Song history

"Your Love Is a Song" first came together as a collaboration between Switchfoot singer

Jon Foreman Jonathan Mark Foreman (born October 22, 1976) is an American musician, the lead singer, guitarist, main songwriter and co-founder of the alternative rock band Switchfoot. He started Switchfoot in 1996 with drummer Chad Butler and his brother Ti ...

and the hip hop producer

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. The band had arrived at a standstill in the recording process for ''Hello Hurricane'', having recorded nearly 80 songs and needing an outside perspective to help "make sense of the mess we made", brought Elizondo into the process. After some phone conversations with Foreman, the two got together and wrote "Your Love Is a Song." Switchfoot performed the song on ''

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'' on November 12, 2010. A remix of the song was also released by Sven Kirchhof.

Music video

A music video for "Your Love Is a Song" was scheduled for production with actress

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set to direct. Despite the success of the single, no video was ever made.

Reception

The song netted Switchfoot their first

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charting song since "We Are One Tonight" entered the tally at No. 29 in 2006. "Your Love Is a Song" peaked at No. 27 and spent 15 weeks on the chart before falling off. It also fared well on the Christian Songs chart, reaching No. 18 and remaining on the chart for 19 weeks.

In popular culture

The song was featured prominently at the end of an episode of ''

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'' called "You Know I Love You, Don't You"."Your Love Is a Song" on One Tree Hill
- Published December 1, 2009 (retrieved March 23, 2010)

Chart

References

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