Love Is All Around (DJ BoBo song)

"Love Is All Around"
Single by DJ BoBo
from the album There Is a Party
Released23 January 1995 (1995-01-23)
GenreEurodance
Length4:04
LabelEAMS
Songwriter(s)
  • René Baumann
  • Axel Breitung
  • Morrison Long
Producer(s)René Baumann
DJ BoBo singles chronology
"Let the Dream Come True"
(1994) 		"Love Is All Around"
(1995) 		"There Is a Party"
(1995)
Music video
"Love Is All Around" on YouTube

"Love Is All Around" is a song by Swiss singer-songwriter DJ BoBo, released on 23 January 1995 as the second single from his second album, There Is a Party (1994). It features vocals by singer Christiane Lupp (also known as Christiane Eiben) and reached number one on the dance chart in Canada. In Europe, it peaked within the top 10 in Finland and Germany, being certified gold in the latter country.

Chart performance

"Love Is All Around" entered the top 10 in both Finland and Germany, peaking at number seven and 10, respectively. The single was also a top 20 hit in Austria (13), Belgium (18), Denmark (17), Norway (17), Spain (12), Sweden (14) and Switzerland (16), as well as on the Eurochart Hot 100, where it hit number 17 in February 1995. In the United Kingdom, it was one of only three songs by DJ BoBo to chart there, peaking at number 49 in its first week on the UK Singles Chart, on 11 June 1995.[1] On the UK Dance Singles Chart, "Love Is All Around" was a bigger hit, reaching number 20. Outside Europe, it peaked at number-one on the RPM Dance/Urban chart in Canada and number 24 in Australia. The single earned a gold record in Germany, with shipments of 250,000 units.[2]

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Hard to distinguish from other Euro tracks, DJ Bobo apparently prefers to hold the most different tracks from his There's a Party album for a later release on single."[3] James Hamilton from British magazine Music Week's RM Dance Update described it as "Swiss DJ Rene Bobo Baumann's drily muttered and girls chorused cheesily galloping Euro hit (not the Troggs/Wet Wet Wet song)".[4]

Music video

A music video was made for "Love Is All Around", directed by Frank Paul Husmann (as 'Husmann & Husmann')[5] and has a sepia tone. It was filmed in New York City, depicting a story around DJ BoBo and his girlfriend intertwined with footage of various people on the streets of the city. The video was later published on DJ BoBo's official YouTube channel in 2013 and by September 2021, it had more than 34 million views.[6]

Track listing

  • CD maxi – Europe
  1. "Love Is All Around" (radio version) – 4:04
  2. "Love Is All Around" (extended mix I) – 5:29
  3. "Bring the Beat Back" – 4:39
  4. "Love Is All Around" (extended mix II) – 5:06

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[2] Gold 250,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Germany 23 January 1995 CD EAMS [13]
United Kingdom 5 June 1995
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Avex UK [22]

References

  1. ^ a b UK Singles Chart OfficialCharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  2. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (DJ BoBo; 'Love Is All Around')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 28 January 1995. p. 17. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ Hamilton, James (10 June 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). p. 11. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ "D J Bobo Love is all around VIVA TV VHS". YouTube. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. ^ "DJ BoBo – LOVE IS ALL AROUND (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "Love Is All Around", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 10 April 2008)
  8. ^ Canada Dance peak position
  9. ^ Danish Singles Chart. 17 February 1995.
  10. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. 25 February 1995. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  11. ^ "European Dance Radio" (PDF). Music & Media. 4 March 1995. p. 25. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  12. ^ Finnish peak
  13. ^ a b "DJ BoBo – Love Is All Around" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  14. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – DJ BoBo" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  15. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 11 June 1995 – 17 June 1995". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  16. ^ Billboard: Hits of the World, May 7, 1994
  17. ^ "Official UK Dance Singles Chart (11 June 1995-17 June 1995)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  18. ^ "The RM on a Pop Tip Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental insert). 27 May 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  19. ^ "Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995". RPM. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  20. ^ "Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Årslista Singlar, 1995" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  22. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 3 June 1995. p. 35.