Love at First Sight (Kylie Minogue song)

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This article is about the 2001 Kylie Minogue song. For the unrelated track of the same name on her debut album, see Kylie (album).
"Love at First Sight"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Fever
B-side "Baby"
Released 10 June 2002 (2002-06-10) (UK)
Format CD single: Worldwide
Vinyl single: United Kingdom
Recorded 2001
Dublin, Ireland
Genre Dance-pop, disco[1]
Length 3:57 (Album/Main Version)
3:45 (Video/US Radio Mix)
Label Parlophone, Capitol, Mushroom
Writer(s) Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, Martin Harrington
Producer Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher
Certification Gold (Australia)
Silver (BPI)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"In Your Eyes"
(2002)		 "Love at First Sight"
(2002)		 "Fever"
(2002)
Kylie Minogue American singles chronology
"Can't Get You out of My Head"
(2002)		 "Love at First Sight"
(2002)		 "Come into My World"
(2003)
Music video
"Love At First Sight" on YouTube

"Love At First Sight" is a dance-pop song by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue, released in June 2002 as the third single from her eighth studio album Fever (2001).

It was also released in the United States as the second single with the Ruff & Jam US Radio Mix as its lead single version. The single also contained the remix mash-up of New Order's single "Blue Monday" and Minogue's successful single to date, "Can't Get You Out of My Head". The song was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Dance Recording in 2003.

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[edit] Background

"Love At First Sight" was written by Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes and Martin Harrington. It was produced by Richard "Biff" Stannard and Julian Gallagher. The song was recorded in Dublin, Ireland at the Biffco Studios. Stannard also contributes backing vocals to the song. It was announced by Parlophone that "Love At First Sight" would become the third single from the album, but the second for the United States and Canada and the previous single "In Your Eyes" would only get a club release there.

[edit] Live Performances

Kylie Minogue performed Love At First Sight on her KylieFever2002 tour in 2002. She later performed the single at the Body Language album launch concert, Money Can't Buy in 2003. Minogue also performed the single on her Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour as the last song on her setlist of the Australian leg of the tour as an encore. A live recording was available on the Showgirl Homecoming Live album. In 2008, she performed the single on her KylieX2008 tour in 2008 and as a mash-up with "Can't Beat The Feeling" on the Aphrodite World Tour.[2]

[edit] Artwork

The artwork of the single is taken from a photo shoot for Minogue's LoveKylie underwear range. It features Minogue nude against a blue background with her name nor the single's name present, resulting in a sticker being on the front cover. This version was released in most territories.[3] In some territories, a different version was released featuring Kylie resting against a supported glass in red lighting [4] The US and Canadian single featured Kylie wearing a pink t-shirt. A vinyl was also released.[5]

[edit] Release

Parlophone had released the single in the United Kingdom in 2002 as the third single. They released it through Ireland as well. Warner Music Group later released the single in Australia as a digital download, while Mushroom released the single physically in Australia and New Zealand. With the success of the single, Love At First Sight was released in the United States and Canada by Capitol in 2002.

A digital download was released as well. Parlophone released it through the United Kingdom and Ireland. Capitol released the single through the United States and Canada. The single was later released by EMI in the rest of Europe. Warner Music Group released the digital download in Australia with remixes and the single, however, Warner Music didn't additionally released the digital single in New Zealand, as a result only receiving the single physically or through Kylie's 2002 album Fever. The US remix was released online in the United States the same year, then released the single through Canada. It additionally got released in the United Kingdom the following.

[edit] Chart performance

"Love at First Sight" was released in the UK on 10 June 2002, debuting at #2, and spending a total of twelve weeks in the Top 75, and was also certified Silver for shipments of at least 200,000 copies and sold 183,810 copies. It also became Minogue's third consecutive release to top the UK radio airplay charts. The song received 3,116 plays in one week, breaking the record that she held previously with "Can't Get You Out of My Head."

Outside of the UK, the song was also very successful. It reached the Top 10 in Spain, Israel, Hong Kong, Poland, Canada, Hungary & Ireland as well as in many other countries while in Minogue's home country of Australia, the song debuted at #3 on the singles chart. It was certified gold in Australia for sales of over 35,000. The song peaked at number nine in New Zealand, being certificated Gold and shipping over 7500 copies to the country.

Due to favorable reception, "Love at First Sight" was released in the United States with a different arrangement mixed by duo Ruff & Jam. Minogue had previously found success on the Billboard Hot 100 with "The Loco-Motion" in 1988 (#3) and "Can't Get You Out of My Head" in 2001 (#7). "Love at First Sight" became her second consecutive release to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard charts, reaching #23. It also performed very well on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it became Minogue's second song to reach #1 there. The music video for "Love at First Sight" was shot in Dublin, Ireland on 12 May 2002.

[edit] Music Video

The music video was directed by Johan Renck. It featured Minogue in front of a green screen choreographing and dancing with her singing to the song, with visual effects happening to the video. While in the video, other dancers come and join her to the song while dancing. It was released in 2002. Currently, it is Minogues highest viewed single on YouTube since October, 2010.[6]

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Love at First Sight".[7]

UK CD single #1
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head" – 4:03
  3. "Baby" – 3:48
  4. "Love at First Sight" music video
UK CD single #2
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Club mix) – 9:31
  3. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Vocal edit) – 4:26
Australian CD single
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Can't Get Blue Monday Out of My Head" – 4:03
  3. "Baby" – 3:48
  4. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Club mix) – 9:31
  5. "Love at First Sight" (Twin Masterplan mix) – 5:55
  6. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Vocal edit) – 4:26
Vinyl single
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Love at First Sight" (Kid Creme Vocal dub) — 6:27
  3. "Can't Get You out of My Head" – 4:03
  4. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Vocal mix) – 8:54
  5. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Acappella) – 1:34
Official remixes[8]
  1. "Love at First Sight" (Album edit) – 3:58
  2. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Radio Vocal 7") – 3:38
  3. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam U.S. remix) – 3:45
  4. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Lounge mix) – 4:41
  5. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast dub) – 8:54
  6. "Love at First Sight" (Kid Creme Vocal-Less dub) – 6:23
  7. "Love at First Sight" (Kid Creme Vocal edit) – 2:35
  8. "Love at First Sight" (David Guetta & Joachim Garraud Dancefloor Killa mix) – 6:26
  9. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Radio mix Instrumental) – 3:48
  10. "Love at First Sight" (David Guetta & Joachim Garraud Mekaniko mix) – 6:21

[edit] Live performances

Kylie performed the song on the following concert tours:

The song was also performed on:

[edit] Charts and certifications

[edit] Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position[9]
Australia (ARIA)[10] 3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[11] 29
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[12] 25
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[13] 28
Denmark (Tracklisten)[14] 6
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 18
France (SNEP)[16] 33
Germany (Media Control AG)[17] 16
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 7
Italy (FIMI)[19] 8
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[20] 15
New Zealand (RIANZ)[21] 9
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[22] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 36
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 22
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[25] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[26] 23
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[27] 1

[edit] Year-end charts

Country (2002) Position
Australia[28] 66
Switzerland [29] 95
United Kingdom[30] 55

[edit] Certifications

Country Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Australia Gold[31]
New Zealand Gold[32]

[edit] #1 successions

Preceded by
"Blame" by Sono		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
20 July 2002 – 27 July 2002		 Succeeded by
"The Need to Be Naked" by Amber

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Kyle Minogue - Love at First Sight". http://www.discogs.com/Kylie-Love-At-First-Sight/release/625879. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  2. ^ http://www.clickthecity.com/events/details.php?id=11576
  3. ^ http://991.com/buy/productinformation.aspx?StockNumber=216735
  4. ^ http://991.com/buy/productinformation.aspx?StockNumber=219032
  5. ^ http://991.com/buy/productinformation.aspx?StockNumber=223158
  6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=Kylie+Minogue&search_sort=video_view_count&suggested_categories=10%2C24&uni=3
  7. ^ Discography – 2001+. MixKylie.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2006.
  8. ^ The Minography – Mixes. LiMBO (Kylie.co.uk). Retrieved 18 November 2006.
  9. ^ Chart Positions for Love at First Sight
  10. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  13. ^ "Ultratop.be – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  14. ^ "Danishcharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight". Tracklisten. Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "Finnishcharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight". Suomen virallinen lista. Hung Medien.
  16. ^ "Lescharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
  17. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  18. ^ "Chart Track". Irish Singles Chart. Irish Recorded Music Association.
  19. ^ "Italiancharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien.
  20. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 25, 2002" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40 Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
  21. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  22. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight" Canciones Top 50. Hung Medien.
  23. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
  24. ^ "Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
  25. ^ "Chart Stats – Kylie Minogue – Love at First Sight" UK Singles Chart. Chart Stats.
  26. ^ "Kylie Minogue Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Kylie Minogue. Prometheus Global Media.
  27. ^ "Kylie Minogue Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play for Kylie Minogue. Prometheus Global Media.
  28. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (2002). "End of year charts". ARIA Charts. http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2002.htm. Retrieved 31 July 2010. 
  29. ^ http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2002
  30. ^ http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2002.pdf
  31. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (2002). "2002 Accreditations". ARIA Charts. http://aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2002.htm. Retrieved 31 July 2010. 
  32. ^ Chart#1333 Number 49 charts.org.nz

[edit] References

  • Official Chart History for "Love At First Sight". link.
  • Kylie.com - Official Site. link. Last accessed on 1 March 2006. - Release and chart information.
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