| "Everybody in Love" | ||||||||||||||
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| Single by JLS | ||||||||||||||
| from the album JLS | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 1 November 2009 (Digital download) 2 November 2009 (CD) 9 February 2010 (America) |
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| Format | CD, digital download | |||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||||||||||||
| Genre | R&B, pop | |||||||||||||
| Length | 3:16 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Epic, Jive | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Jonathan Rotem, Wayne Hector, Moe Faisal, Felicia Jensen, David D.A. Doman | |||||||||||||
| Producer | J.R. Rotem, Moe Faisal | |||||||||||||
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"Everybody in Love" is the second single by English boyband JLS from their self-titled debut album.[1][2][3] The song was released as a digital download on 1 November 2009, followed by a physical release on 2 November 2009.[4] The song became the band's second number one single in the UK on 8 November 2009,[5] with a total of 403,258 copies being sold so far in the UK, earning the single a gold certification.[6] The song was released to U.S. Mainstream Top 40 radio on February 23, 2010, however failed to chart on Billboard Hot 100.[7]
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According to co-writer Wayne Hector, "Everybody In Love" was intended to be the lead single from "JLS" until A&R Nick Raphael changed his mind at the last minute and opted instead for "Beat Again".[8]
To date, "Everybody In Love" has garnered mixed to positive reviews. Digital Spy said that: "Groundbreaking it ain't, but Everybody In Love is catchy, feelgood and thoroughly likable. It's also as mushy as the peas at your local chip shop, with the boys issuing this imperative at the start of the song and again towards the end: "Everybody in love, go on put your hands up." If we could listen, type and wave our phone above our head all at the same time, believe us we would be." Popjustice also said "Everybody In Love is so in need of its own 'HRNK' - that international sound effect of the quite good pop tune - that it actually opens with the sound of a rave horn. You cannot say fairer than that." [9] FemaleFirst stated that the song was "Pretty much what we all expected from this JLS single ‘Everybody in Love’. It follows the idea that if you repeat a catchy chorus 100 times then it will become anthemic-a song to sing along to in a club after a few WKD’s". They also stated that "Despite it being uber-predictable, the track works on a surface level and the catchy tune will prove a hit, especially with teenagers, and so in that respect it does the job. It would be nice to hear something a bit less obvious for their next effort".[10]
The video for "Everybody In Love" was shot in August 2009 at Pico House in Los Angeles, their first music video to be shot out there. It was released to UK music video channels in late September 2009. It shows JLS performing to a crowd of people on a purpose built stage, as well as solo shots of the individual members being accompanied by a love interest that they sing to.
Everybody In Love entered the Irish Singles Chart on 5 November 2009 at number 2.[11] The song reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 9 November with over 100,000 copies sold on the first week, before dropping to number 3 on the 15th of November.[12]
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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| European Hot 100[13] | 4 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[14] | 2 |
| UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[15] | 1 |
| Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[16] | 1 |
| UK R&B (The Official Charts Company)[17] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[18] | 38 |
| End of year chart (2009) | Position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 42 |
| Preceded by "Fight for This Love" by Cheryl Cole |
UK Singles Chart number-one single 8 November 2009 - 14 November 2009 (1 week) |
Succeeded by "Meet Me Halfway" by The Black Eyed Peas |
| UK Download Chart number-one download 8 November 2009 - 14 November 2009 |
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| Preceded by "Down" by Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne |
UK R&B Chart number-one single 8 November 2009 - 14 November 2009 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| UK & Ireland | 1 November 2009[19] | Digital download | Epic Records |
| 2 November 2009[20] | CD Single | ||
| United States | 9 February 2010[21] | Digital download | Jive Records |
| 23 February 2010[7] | Mainstream Radio |
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