L.O.V.E.

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"L.O.V.E."

Single by Ashlee Simpson
from the album I Am Me
Released	December, 16, 2005 (U.S.)
Format	Digital download
Recorded	Henson Recording Studio, Hollywood, California
Genre	Pop/Dance
Length	2:34
Label	Geffen Records
Producer(s)	John Shanks
Chart positions
#5 (Australia) #22 (U.S.)
Ashlee Simpson singles chronology
"Boyfriend" (2005)	"L.O.V.E" (2005)	"Invisible" (2006)
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"L.O.V.E." is the second single from Ashlee Simpson's second album, I Am Me. In late October 2005, prior to its release as a single, "L.O.V.E." debuted at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States,^[1] becoming Simpson's 5th Hot 100 entry (it had not officially been released to radio, but charted on the strength of its digital downloads from music stores like iTunes); in December, after it began its run on radio as a single, it returned to the Hot 100 at #76, then rose to #56. It subsequently rose to #22, its peak,^[2] in January 2006. "L.O.V.E." also reached #20 on the Billboard Pop 100.^[2] It is her highest placing Australian ARIA chart release, going to #5. In the United Kingdom, the intended release date was around June but due to very rare airplay and a disappointing run on her previous single "Boyfriend", it had been delayed to a much later date. The decision was then changed to cancellation eventually having to release her next single "Invisible" with the release date yet to be confirmed.

1 Song information
2 Music video
3 Critical reception
4 Track listing
5 Remixes
6 References

[edit] Song information

Like all the tracks on I Am Me, "L.O.V.E." was written by Simpson, Kara DioGuardi, and John Shanks, and produced by Shanks.^[3] The song was originally supposed to be the first single off I Am Me, but "Boyfriend" took its place.^[4] "L.O.V.E." was also remixed by Missy Elliott. The remixed version reached number 1 in Singapore.

In this pop up-tempo, Simpson recalls her boyfriend noting that he doesn't answer the telephone, and that she doesn't even know where he goes. Annoyed, but not letting it get the best of her, she calls up her friends, and they proceed to have a party without dealing with men. Simpson has said of the song that it is "about hanging with your girlfriends and loving them for being there". She explains that "one of my girlfriends and I were listening to music and were like, there's not enough songs for your girlfriends for when you go out and leave your man behind and have a good time. Any situation I go through, I lean on my girlfriends. Like, when you get your heart broken, who do you go to? You go to your friends."^[5]

On November 21, 2005, she performed the song on The Late Show with David Letterman, and on the November 22 episode of The View she also sang it.^[6] Also in November, Simpson filmed the music video for the song, directed by Diane Martel.

On December 6, Simpson sang "L.O.V.E." as part of a performance with Pretty Ricky at the Billboard Music Awards.^[5]

Simpson sang "L.O.V.E." on the premiere episode of CD USA, which aired on January 21, and she also sang it on the January 29 episode of TEENick on Nickelodeon, on the 2006 TRL Awards on February 25, and at the MTV Australia Video Music Awards on April 12.

[edit] Music video

Ashlee doing a robotic dance step on the music video of "L.O.V.E."

The video for "L.O.V.E." premiered on December 7 on AOL's "First View" on the Internet, and on December 8 on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL).^[7] It features partying and dancing, as Simpson ignores her boyfriend's calls and goes out to have fun. At the beginning of the video, she decides not to answer a call from her boyfriend and tosses her phone into a toilet; at the end of the video, after Simpson is seen returning home from a long night of partying, the phone is shown again, submerged, with 21 missed messages from her boyfriend. Although dancing is the focus of the video, the director, Martel, said she was disappointed that they had not included some things they had initially intended: a scene where Simpson slashed a guy's shirt off with a samurai sword and a scene where a chainsaw was to be used to cut furniture apart. "There was a limited amount of time", Martel said. ^[8]

[edit] Critical reception

A BBC review of I Am Me called "L.O.V.E." "the pick of the album standing out by combining the attitude of Britney's "Do Somethin" with the cheerleader beats of Gwen's "Hollaback Girl" and producing a party track that's sure to become a dancefloor filler." ^[9]. Rolling Stone, which gave I Am Me a negative review, described Simpson as attempting "to channel Gwen Stefani on the faux-funkdafied 'L.O.V.E.'"^[10]

[edit] Track listing

L.O.V.E.
L.O.V.E. (Missy Underground Mix) Featuring Missy Elliot
Boyfriend (Frantic Remix)
L.O.V.E. (Video)

[edit] Remixes

Missy Elliot has made some widely available remixes. She was also included in the mixes. There is a brand new, hot off the press remix, The Jared Jones Vibelicious Acid Reflux Vox Mix, found on the net.