Lovefool - wikipedia Lovefool `` Lovefool '' Single by The Cardigans from the album First Band on the Moon Released 14 September 1996 ( 1996 - 09 - 14 ) Format CD single Recorded 1995 Length 3 : 21 Label Stockholm Mercury Songwriter ( s ) Peter Svensson Nina Persson The Cardigans singles chronology `` Hey ! Get Out of My Way '' ( 1995 ) `` Lovefool '' ( 1996 ) `` Been It '' ( 1997 ) `` Hey ! Get Out of My Way '' ( 1995 ) `` Lovefool '' ( 1996 ) `` Been It '' ( 1997 ) Re-issue cover `` Lovefool '' is a song written by Peter Svensson and Nina Persson for The Cardigans ' third studio album, First Band on the Moon ( 1996 ). It was released as a single on 14 September 1996 in the United Kingdom and internationally on 5 October 1996. It was released as the album 's lead single in 1996 and became the Cardigans ' first international hit single, topping the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart and making appearances on six other Billboard charts. In 1997, the song found international success, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart and finding moderate success on some other European charts. The single also topped the charts in New Zealand, and was certified Gold in Australia. The song was featured in the film Romeo + Juliet just two months after the release of the single, as well as in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions. Contents 1 Background 2 Music and structure 3 Music video 4 Track listing 5 Reception 6 Chart performance 7 Cover versions 8 Usage in media 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links Background Nina Persson wrote the lyrics to the song at an airport while waiting for a plane. She said that, at the time, the song had `` a slow bossa nova feel ''. She also added that `` the biggest hits are the ones that are the easiest to write ''. Music and structure `` Lovefool '' is a song that is performed in several keys and modulates based on chorus and verse. The chorus is in the key of A major using a I - IV - ii - V chord progression. The verses use a i - iv - VII - III chord progression in A minor. It is written in common time and moves at 112 beats per minute. The song 's middle 8 is four bars long. Music video The song 's music video was directed by Geoff Moore in New York in September 1996. It features a man being lost on an island and putting a message in a bottle into the water. A woman implied to be his lover is shown on a dock reading a newspaper and at the end of the video receives and reads the message and smiles. The video also shows the band performing the song in what looks to be the interior of the bottle released by the man lost at sea, as well as Nina Persson looking out from the bottles neck and later through a periscope at the woman. Midway through the song, the band is also interviewed by several scuba equipment - wearing reporters who descend from a ladder into the room. Track listing `` Lovefool '' `` Nasty Sunny Beam '' `` Iron Man '' ( First Try ) Re-issue 1 `` Lovefool '' ( radio edit ) `` Lovefool '' ( Tee 's Club Radio ) `` Lovefool '' ( Tee 's Frozen Sun Mix ) `` Lovefool '' ( Puck version ) Re-issue 2 `` Lovefool '' ( Radio edit ) `` Sick & Tired '' ( live ) `` Carnival '' ( live ) `` Rise & Shine '' ( live ) Reception The song was initially a hit in Europe, reaching # 15 on the Swedish Singles Chart and peaking at # 21 on the UK Singles Chart on its first release in 1996, and at # 2 when reissued in 1997 following its use in Romeo + Juliet. It then achieved international success, becoming a # 1 hit in New Zealand and peaking just outside the top 10 in Australia at # 11. `` Lovefool '' became a crossover hit in the U.S. after peaking at # 9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart then reaching # 2 on the Hot 100 Airplay where it spent a total of 8 weeks. It reached number 1 on the Top 40 Mainstream ( then known as the pop chart ) and # 2 on the Adult Top 40. It was not eligible to chart on the Hot 100 since, at the time, singles not made commercially available in the U.S. were ineligible to chart on the Hot 100. ( These rules were later changed in December 1998 ). The same fate befell several other very successful airplay songs on the U.S. charts in the 1990s, including `` Torn '' by Natalie Imbruglia. `` Lovefool '' came eighteenth in the 1996 Pazz & Jop poll and nineteenth the following year. Slant Magazine listed the song number 40 on its `` 100 Best Singles of the 1990s '' list, and Pitchfork Media ranked it number 66 on its `` Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s ''. Chart performance Chart ( 1996 ) Peak position Finnish Singles Chart 5 Irish Singles Chart 11 Swedish Singles Chart 15 UK Singles Chart 21 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 9 Chart ( 1997 ) Peak position Australian ARIA Singles Chart 11 Austrian Singles Chart 7 Canadian RPM Singles Chart Canadian RPM Alternative 30 French Singles Chart 31 UK Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart Swiss Singles Chart 10 Irish Singles Chart ( re-issue ) 13 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play 5 U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 18 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 23 Preceded by `` Discothèque '' by U2 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart number - one single 23 February -- 9 March 1997 Succeeded by `` Break My Stride '' by Unique II Cover versions `` Lovefool '' has also been covered by numerous musical acts since its release : The Hush Sound have played the song at several of their shows. New Found Glory recorded a cover version for their album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. In 2009, Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber restructured the chorus of the Cardigans ' version and used it in his third single, `` Love Me '' from his EP My World. Lea Michele as Rachel Berry covered this song on Glee in its episode called `` Opening Night ''. In 2010, Perfume covered the song in a Pepsi commercial. Kat Edmonson, on her debut album Take To The Sky, Convivium, 2009. Scott Bradlee 's Postmodern Jukebox covered the song on their YouTube Channel revamped as a 40 's big band Sinatra-esque number featuring vocals with Haley Reinhart. American actress and singer Leighton Meester performed a version of the song in June 2015 for The A.V. Club 's A.V. Undercover series. Turkish model and actress Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu covered the song on her movie Delibal. ( 1 ) Japanese pop singer Dream Ami has recorded a cover of the song. ( 2 ) Australian singer songwriter Lisa Mitchell covered the song on her 2017 EP When They Play That Song. Usage in Media Apart from Romeo + Juliet, the song has also been used in a season three episode of the American version of The Office, a season one episode of Nip / Tuck, in season one of My Name Is Earl, as well as the films Cruel Intentions, Enron : The Smartest Guys in the Room and Hot Fuzz ( in a parody of Romeo + Juliet ). In 1997, the band played the song on the graduation episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. The song was used in a 2003 Cornetto ice cream advertisement shown in the United Kingdom & Lucky Me ! La Paz Batchoy in the Philippines in 2017. Furthermore, the song was played on several episodes of Daria, the high school dance scene in the season 3 penultimate episode of the Syfy series Haven, in the sixth episode of Orphan Black season one, and in the wedding scene of Australian mining magnate Lang Hancock to Rose Porteous in the 2015 telemovie House of Hancock. Notes Jump up ^ `` ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1997 Singles ''. Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 17 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` Writing ''. Retrieved 19 February 2012. Jump up ^ Sheet music for `` Lovefool ''. Hal Leonard Corporation. 1996. Jump up ^ Rosen, Craig ; Sexton, Paul ( 21 September 1996 ). `` Cardigans wrap up U.S. ''. Billboard. 108 ( 38 ) : 9. Jump up ^ Hot 100 Airplay ( Radio Songs ) # Most weeks at number two ( without hitting number one ) Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/391133/cardigans/chart?f=350 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/391133/cardigans/chart?f=381 Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/391133/cardigans/chart?f=343 Jump up ^ Christgau, Robert ( 25 February 1997 ). `` The 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll ''. Retrieved 31 December 2013. Jump up ^ Christgau, Robert ( 24 February 1998 ). `` The 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll ''. Retrieved 31 December 2013. Jump up ^ Henderson, Eric ( 9 January 2011 ). `` The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s ''. Slant Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2013. Jump up ^ Greene, Jayson ( 1 September 2010 ). `` The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s ''. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 31 December 2013. Jump up ^ http://www.billboard.com/biz/charts/1997-03-01/hot-100-airplay Jump up ^ `` Love Me by Justin Bieber Songfacts ''. Songfacts.com. Retrieved 17 March 2012. Jump up ^ Eakin, Marah ( 9 June 2015 ). `` Leighton Meester covers The Cardigans ''. The A.V. Club. Onion, Inc. Retrieved 9 June 2015. References `` The Cardigans - Lovefool ''. AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 17 January 2007. `` The Cardigans - Lovefool ''. FinnishCharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2007. `` The Cardigans - Lovefool ''. LesCharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2007. `` The Cardigans - Lovefool ''. SwedishCharts.com. Retrieved 17 January 2007. `` The Cardigans - Lovefool ''. HitParade.ch. Retrieved 17 January 2007. `` First Band on the Moon > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ''. Allmusic. Retrieved 17 January 2007. External links `` Lovefool '' lyrics Lovefool at AllMusic Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Cardigans Lars - Olof Johansson Bengt Lagerberg Nina Persson Magnus Sveningsson Peter Svensson Studio albums Emmerdale Life First Band on the Moon Gran Turismo Long Gone Before Daylight Super Extra Gravity Compilations The Other Side of the Moon The Cardigans : iTunes Originals Best of Singles Emmerdale `` Rise and Shine '' `` Black Letter Day '' `` Sick and Tired '' Life `` Carnival '' `` Sick and Tired ( re-release ) '' `` Hey ! Get Out of My Way '' `` Rise and Shine ( re-release ) '' `` Daddy 's Car '' ( Promo Only ) First Band on the Moon `` Lovefool '' `` Been It '' `` Your New Cuckoo '' `` Losers '' ( Promo Only ) Gran Turismo `` My Favourite Game '' `` Erase / Rewind '' `` Hanging Around '' Long Gone Before Daylight `` For What It 's Worth '' `` You 're the Storm '' `` Live and Learn '' `` Communication '' ( Promo Only ) Super Extra Gravity `` I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to Be Nicer '' `` Do n't Blame Your Daughter ( Diamonds ) '' `` Godspell '' ( Promo Only ) Non-album singles `` Burning Down the House '' ( with Tom Jones ) EPs In Pursuit of Pooh e.p. The World According To... e.p. Rewind - Live Gran Turismo Overdrive Related articles Discography Songs Albums Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lovefool&oldid=801967237 '' Categories : 1996 singles Billboard Mainstream Top 40 ( Pop Songs ) number - one singles Number - one singles in New Zealand The Cardigans songs Songs written by Peter Svensson Songs written by Nina Persson Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from April 2017 Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats All articles lacking reliable references Articles lacking reliable references from May 2017 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 23 September 2017, at 02 : 54. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 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Question: who sang love me love me say that you love me
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