Love (Inna song)

"Love"
Single by Inna
from the album Hot
Released January 1, 2009 (UK)
(see release history)
Format CD, Digital download
Recorded 2008
Play & Win Studios
(Constanța, Romania)
Genre House, eurodance
Length 4:13 (Original Version)
Label Roton, Ultra Records, Vale Music, 3 Beat Records, Spinnin' Records, Do It Yoursef
Writer(s) Sebastian Barac, Radu Bolfea, Marcel Botezan
Producer(s) Play & Win
Inna singles chronology
"Hot"
(2009)		 "Love"
(2009)		 "Déjà Vu"
(2009)
Alternative cover
UK single artwork
Music video
"Love" on YouTube

"Love" is a song by Romanian dance/pop vocalist Inna extracted from her debut studio album entitled Hot (2009). It was written and produced by native dance music trio Play & Win and acts as the second single release from her album. "Love" was released and promoted in various European countries by Roton and Ultra Records. The "Play & Win Radio Edit" acted as the official version of the song in several countries.

While "Love" contains elements of eurodance, its lyrics evoke a meaning of how complicated situations of love can become. The single has garnered success for Inna in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Romania where it became her second consecutive top-twenty hit. "Love" was released as Inna's third single in the Netherlands after rumours that "10 Minutes", her fifth single overall, would be released first.

Music video

The music video for "Love" leaked onto the internet in early April 2009 and was later released onto the YouTube channel of Roton Records on May 7, 2009. It was directed on April 21, 2009 by Bogdan "Bobo" Bărbulescu in Bucharest, Romania during a period of 14 hours.[1] The music video presents Inna in a gym. While some of the video's scenes are played in slow motion, its message is a battle between the Good and the Evil. The video starts with a confluence of two flowing water fluxes, one being white and the other black. A ballerina pirouetting through the air is then pictured as a representative for the Good. In the next scene of the video Inna appears wearing white shorts with a black belt and a long white veil. Following this, a skilled boxer is shown. He is sweating while beating a punching bag. Later in the video, black-dressed people appear as representatives for the Evil. While Inna sings in the front of an old wall, they are succeeding each other. In the end of the video Inna is running away among the other people previously presented. She seems unhappy because of their violence.

Accolades
"Love"
"Love", was promoted throughout Europe as Inna's second singleafter her previously released single called "Hot".
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"Love" was nominated for a Balkan Music award in the category "Best Song in the Balkans from Romania for 2009" late 2009, but failed to achieve it.[2] Furthermore, the song also won two nominations during the Romanian Top Hits Awards ceremony in the categories "Top 1 Romania" and "Girls- The Best Hit". Subsequently, the jury awarded her with a special accolade for the success her song had in her native country.[3] Inna also received three nods for herself at the 2009 MTV Romania Music Awards in the categories "Best New Act", "Best Show" and "Best Borderbreaker".[4]

Track listings

Love (Official Versions & Remixes)
  1. "Love (Play & Win Radio Edit Version)" - 3:39
  2. "Love (Play & Win Extended Version)" - 5:02
  3. "Love (Original Version)" - 4:14
  4. "Love (UK Radio Edit Version)" - 2:23
  5. "Love (Dandeej Remix)" - 5:15
  6. "Love (DJ Andi Remix)" - 5:44
  7. "Love (eSQUIRE Radio Edit)" - 3:54
  8. "Love (eSQUIRE Club Remix)" - 5:57
  9. "Love (7th Heaven Radio Edit)" - 3:51
  10. "Love (7th Heaven Club Remix)" - 6:35
  11. "Love (Klubfiller Club Remix)" - 6:35
  12. "Love (Klubfiller Dub)" - 6:30

Releases

Release process

The song was made avabile to digital download only in selected territories. "Love" premiered as a digital EP to several retrailers. The single was released first to Romania and Spain on January 1, 2009 and was sent to Romanian mainstream radio stations on March 12, 2009. Love- EP premiered during late 2009 and early 2010 to Italian and American digital stores. While "Love" was launched as a single in Japan through Roton on July 4, 2012, a promotional CDr was made avabile in the UK. Furthermore, "Love" was promoted through CD-releases in the Netherlands and Italy.

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Romania[5] January 1, 2009 Digital EP Roton, Ultra Records
Spain[6] Vale Music
United Kingdom[7][8] December 1, 2009 Roton, Ultra Records
July 26, 2011 CD 3 Beat Records
United States[9] December 1, 2009 Digital EP Roton, Ultra Records
Netherlands[10][11] March 13, 2010 Digital single Spinnin' Records
April 2, 2010 CD
Italy[12][13] April 14, 2010 Do It Yourself
April 22, 2010 Digital EP
Japan[14] July 4, 2012 Digital single Roton

Charts

Performance

"Love" debuted at number thirty-seven on the Spanish Singles Chart on November 8, 2009, gaining the highest debut of that week.[15] It went on to peak at number thirty-one on November 22, 2009[16] and exited the chart on December 20, 2009 after spending a total of six weeks on it. The song became Inna's second consecutive top forty hit on this chart following her previous single called "Hot" which became a number-one hit in July 2009. "Love" has also been a great success on various airplay charts across Europe, with it reaching the top twenty in Hungary and the Czech Republic and outperforming "Hot" in Romania and Poland chartswise where it peaked within the top five and top twenty respectively. The single subsequently spent twelve weeks on the Bulgaria Singles Top 40. It debuted there at number-nineteen in the week of 25/2009[17] and moved forward to the top fifteen the next two weeks.[18][19] "Love" reached its peak position at number-eight in the week of 28/2009,[20] where it stationed for three non-consecutive weeks. Following this, the song dropped down to the top-twenty and left the chart in the week of 37/2009.

Weekly charts

Chart (2009-2010) Peak
position
Bulgaria (IFPI)[21] 4
Bulgaria (Singles Top 40)[22]
8
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[23] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[24] 12
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[25] 31
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[26] 9
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[27] 1
Poland (Dance Top 50)[28] 45
Romania (Romanian Top 100)[29] 4
Russia (NFPP)[30]
144
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[31] 5
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[32] 31
Turkey (Number One Top 20)[33] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Hungary (Rádiós Top 100)[34] 70

References

  1. ↑ "Poze filmări videoclip Inna – 'Love'" (in Romanian). monden.info. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Balkan Music Awards 2010". balkanmusicawards.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Romanian Top Hits Awards 2009: Votează-ţi artistul preferat!" (in Romanian). tophit.ro. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Castigatorii Romanian Music Awards 2009 (VIDEO)" (in Romanian). romanialibera.ro. 7 June 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Love- EP - Album by Inna". iTunes Romania. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Love- EP - Album de Inna". iTunes Spain. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Inna - Love (CDr) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Love- EP - Album by Inna". iTunes UK. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Love- EP - Album by Inna". iTunes US. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Inna - Love (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Love- Radio Mix - Album van Inna". iTunes Netherlands. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Inna - Love (CD) at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Love- EP - Album di Inna". iTunes Italy. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "ラヴ - Single - イナによるシングル". iTunes Japan. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  15. ↑ "Spain Singles Top 50 (Issue date: Sunday November 8, 2009 /week 45/2009)". acharts.us. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  16. ↑ "Spain Singles Top 50 (Issue date: Sunday November 22, 2009 /week 47/2009)". acharts.us. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Bulgaria Singles Top 40 (Issue date: Sunday June 14, 2009 /week 25/2009)". acharts.us. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  18. ↑ "Bulgaria Singles Top 40 (Issue date: Sunday June 21, 2009 /week 26/2009)". acharts.us. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  19. ↑ "Bulgaria Singles Top 40 (Issue date: Sunday June 28, 2009 /week 27/2009)". acharts.us. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  20. ↑ "Bulgaria Singles Top 40 (Issue date: July 5, 2009 /week 28/2009)". acharts.us. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  21. ↑ "WEEK32 03.08-09.08.2009" Airplay Top 5. Bulgarian Association of Music Producers.
  22. ↑ "Inna - Love (Chart history and statistics)". acharts.us. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  23. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201016 into search.
  24. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Inna search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  25. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Inna – Love" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  26. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  27. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Dance Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége.
  28. ↑ "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Dance Top 50. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  29. ↑ "Romanian Top 100: Ediţia 17/ 2009 (30.04. 2009 - 06.05.2009)". romaniantop10.blogspot.ro. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  30. ↑ "Russian Tophit General". tophitru.com. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  31. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201007 into search.
  32. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Inna – Love" Canciones Top 50.
  33. ↑ "INNA – LOVE NR. 1 @ NUMBER ONE FM TURKEY". inna.ro. Archived from the original on October 1, 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
  34. ↑ "Éves összesített listák - MAHASZ Rádiós TOP 100 (súlyozott)". Mahasz. Mahasz.

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