Shoot Me with Your Love

"Shoot Me with Your Love"
Single by D:Ream
from the album World
Released26 June 1995 (1995-06-26)
Genre
Length3:51
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Peter Cunnah
  • Tim Hegarty
Producer(s)
  • D:Ream
  • Tom Frederikse
D:Ream singles chronology
"Blame It on Me"
(1994) 		"Shoot Me with Your Love"
(1995) 		"Party Up the World"
(1995)
Music video
"Shoot Me with Your Love" on YouTube

"Shoot Me with Your Love" is a song by Northern Irish music group D:Ream, released in June 1995 by Magnet and FXU as the first single from their second album, World (1995). Co-written by frontman Peter Cunnah with Tim Hegarty, the song was the first of a three-single UK Top 40 run in 1995 for the band and also the highest peaking, reaching number seven on the UK Singles Chart and number three on the UK Dance Singles Chart. The follow-ups, "Party Up the World" and "The Power (Of All the Love in the World)", reached number 20 and 40, respectively. A music video was also produced to promote the single.

Critical reception

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John Bush from AllMusic felt the song "mixes a disco style with more familiar house and pop elements, with Peter Cunnah's stronger-than-usual vocals."[1] Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Ebullient disco/house spinner that sparks with optimistic lyrics and a joy-ful vocal by front man Peter Cunnah. The chorus builds to anthemic proportions in the context of the track's rattling percussion and rolling piano lines." He also remarked "the tireless and oh-so-contagious tone" of the album version.[2] Pan-European magazine Music & Media felt the singer "writes songs which will still be played in five years time. It's like George Michael's "Freedom II". Additional piano is played by Jools Holland." Chris Moore, head of music on Red Dragon/Cardiff gave it 36-40 plays a week. He said, "After all those rereleases and remixes of singles off their first album, it's good to finally get something new from D:Ream. It's a great pop record, bound to be top 5 in the UK."[3]

A reviewer from Music Week gave "Shoot Me with Your Love" three out of five, calling it "a rather unimaginative effort from Peter Cunnah, but it's got just enough of the feel-good factor to get arms waving and fans buying."[4] Roger Morton from NME wrote, "There is no clutter here, just a vapour trail of elation like a U2 plastic gospel chorus stretching beyond the horizon to the place where ABC and Boney M would have moved to if they'd known about Italian house." He concluded, "B:Rilliant."[5] In a retrospective review, Pop Rescue stated, "This is an extremely up-beat track and one that's very catchy. Its mid-section choral breaks harks back to "Things Can Only Get Better"."[6] James Hamilton of the Record Mirror Dance Update described it as a "'Na Na Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'-ishly chanted soaring, wukka-wukking, jangling and thumping joyous strider".[7] Smash Hits declared it as a "fantastically energetic pop-dance single that will see D:Ream back where they belong - at the top of the charts."[8]

Track listings

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  • 12-inch, UK (1995)
  1. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Loveland's 12-inch Pop'd Up mix) – 6:49
  2. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Loveland's Full Metal Jacket dub mix) – 7:00
  3. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Re:Deamix) – 6:49
  4. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Daydreemer mix) – 8:25
  • 12-inch single, US (1995)
  1. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Loveland's 12-inch Pop'd Up mix) – 6:55
  2. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Loveland's Full Metal Jacket dub mix) – 7:02
  3. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Re:deam mix) – 6:50
  4. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Junior's 12-inch club mix) – 8:50
  • CD single, UK and Europe (1995)
  1. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Loveland's 7-inch Pop'd Up mix) – 3:51
  2. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (D:Reamix) – 3:46
  3. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Re:Deamix) – 6:49
  4. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Loveland's Full Metal Jacket mix) – 7:00
  5. "Shoot Me with Your Love" (Junior's 12-inch club mix) – 8:50

Charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 73
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[10] 26
Europe (European Dance Radio)[11] 3
Finland (IFPI)[12] 13
Germany (GfK)[13] 73
Ireland (IRMA)[14] 16
Scotland (OCC)[15] 6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 45
UK Singles (OCC)[17] 7
UK Dance (OCC)[18] 3

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 26 June 1995
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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United States 10 October 1995 Contemporary hit radio
[20]

References

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  1. ^ Bush, John. "D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ Flick, Larry (18 November 1995). "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 100. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 22 July 1995. p. 8. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 June 1995. p. 10. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ Morton, Roger (1 July 1995). "Singles". NME. p. 47. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Review: "World" by D:ream (CD, 1995)". Pop Rescue. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ Hamilton, James (1 July 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 15. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ^ ""Things are getting even better!"". Smash Hits. No. 433. 5 July 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  9. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  10. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 29. 22 July 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  11. ^ "European Dance Radio Top 25" (PDF). Music & Media. 5 August 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  12. ^ Week 28, 1995
  13. ^ "D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Shoot Me With Your Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  16. ^ "D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  18. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  19. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 June 1995. p. 43. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  20. ^ "Selected New Releases" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1115. 6 October 1995. p. 27. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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