Be My Lover

This article is about the song by La Bouche. For other uses, see Be My Lover (disambiguation).
"Be My Lover"
Single by La Bouche
from the album Sweet Dreams
B-side "Do You Still Need Me"
Released March 3, 1995
Format
Recorded September 1994
Genre Eurodance
Length 3:44
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Frank Farian
  • Uli Brenner
  • Gerd Amir Saraf
Certification Silver (France)
Gold (US)
2× Platinum (AUS)
La Bouche singles chronology
"Sweet Dreams"
(1994)		 "Be My Lover"
(1995)		 "Falling in Love"
(1996)

"Be My Lover" is a song recorded by German Eurodance group La Bouche. It was released in March 1995 as the second single from their album, Sweet Dreams.

It is one of their biggest hits, alongside "Sweet Dreams". This song was dubbed into many megamix tracks and has had remix versions. It reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It also topped the American dance chart for two weeks in December 1995 and hit number one in Germany and Sweden.

Two different music videos were made for this song, the first (European version), which was filmed in the city in night, features Melanie Thornton in a black outfit singing while driving a car, and the second (American version), filmed in studio, features her singing into a microphone, wearing purple.

Composition

The song is written in the key of C♯ minor and follows a tempo of 134 beats per minute. It follows a basic chord progression of C♯m–A–B, and the vocals span from G♯3 to F♯5.[1]

Usage in media

The song was played in the 1995 Brazilian soap opera A Próxima Vítima, in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, in the 1998 movie A Night at the Roxbury, in the 1999 movie Earthly Possessions, in an episode of the sitcom Step by Step. It was also spoofed as "One Zero 001" on the computers-themed episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy and used in Audition Online Dance Battle as a song. It can be vaguely heard in the background in the "World's Greatest Dick" episode of the 3rd Rock from the Sun, in the Gay Bar that Sally and Harry walk into at the beginning of the episode.

In 2003, the song was covered by Hysterie. In 2013, Romanian dance pop singer Inna covered the song for her third studio album Party Never Ends and released it as an official single.

In 2015, Indian actor and producer Shahrukh Khan covered with Canadian R&B singer The Weeknd the song for American, Canadian and British version, Jessica Mauboy for Australian version of TV series Galaxy World of Alisa, in episode The Golden Boots.

Track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Be My Lover".[2]

CD maxi 1
  1. "Be My Lover" (radio edit) – 3:58
  2. "Be My Lover" (club mix 135 BPM) – 5:28
  3. "Be My Lover" (trance mix 150 BPM) – 6:35
  4. "Do You Still Need Me" – 3:35
CD maxi – U.S.
  1. "Be My Lover" (club mix) – 6:26
  2. "Be My Lover" (Spike club mix) – 8:54
  3. "Be My Lover" (Hi-NRG mix) – 5:46
  4. "Be My Lover" (Alex goes to Cleveland mix) – 5:06
  5. "Be My Lover" (Doug Laurent classic mix edit) – 4:07
12" maxi – U.S., UK, Ireland
  1. "Be My Lover" (Spike club mix) – 8:54
  2. "Be My Lover" (club mix) – 6:26
  3. "Be My Lover" (Spike dub) – 8:21
  4. "Be My Lover" (Hi-NRG mix) – 5:46
12" maxi – Europe
  1. "Be My Lover" (club mix) – 5:28
  2. "Be My Lover" (house mix) – 4:26
  3. "Be My Lover" (trance mix) – 6:35
  4. "Be My Lover" (radio edit) – 3:59
CD maxi – Remixes
  1. "Be My Lover" (euro dance mix) – 6:12
  2. "Be My Lover" (Hi-NRG mix) – 5:47
  3. "Be My Lover" (serious groove dub mix) – 5:41
  4. "Be My Lover" (Alex goes to Cleveland mix) – 5:05
  5. "Be My Lover" (Doug Laurent classic mix – edit) – 4:10
  6. "Be My Lover" (trance mix) – 7:12
  7. "Be My Lover" (house mix) – 4:51
CD single / Cassette
  1. "Be My Lover" (radio edit) – 3:58
  2. "Be My Lover" (trance mix) – 6:35 (Germany only)
  3. "Be My Lover" (house mix) – 4:49 (France only)
  4. "Be My Lover" (radio edit 2) – 3:58 (U.S. only)

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[3] 10
Canada Dance (RPM)[4] 1
Canada (RPM)[5] 35
Denmark (IFPI)[3] 18
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] 16
France (SNEP)[3] 7
Germany (Media Control Charts)[7] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[8] 13
Italy (FIMI)[9] 2
Japan (Oricon)[10] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 2
New Zealand (RIANZ)[3] 44
Norway (VG-lista)[3] 2
Spain (AFYVE)[12] 7
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 5
United Kingdom (The Official Chart Company)[13] 27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[14] 6
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[14] 1
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[14] 7
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[14] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 28
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[17] 34
Canada Dance (RPM)[18] 11
France (SNEP)[19] 22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 22
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20] 5
Chart (1996) Position
Australia (ARIA)[21] 18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[22] 23

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[21] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[23] Gold 25,000x
France (SNEP)[24] Gold 250,000*
Germany (BVMI)[25] Gold 250,000^
United States (RIAA)[26] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Back for Good" by Take That		 German number-one single
May 26, 1995 – June 16, 1995 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Mief!" by Die Doofen
Preceded by
"Se på mej" by Johansen		 Swedish number-one single
May 26, 1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"'74–'75" by The Connells
Preceded by
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Nicki French		 Canadian RPM Dance Chart number-one single
August 21, 1995 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop)" by Scatman John
Preceded by
"Reach" by Lil' Mo' Yin Yang		 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
December 23, 1995 – December 30, 1995 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Beautiful Life" by Ace of Base

References

  1. ↑ http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0149360
  2. ↑ "La Bouche — "Be My Lover"". Discogs. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Be My Lover", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved February 4, 2008)
  4. ↑ Canada Dance peak position
  5. ↑ Canada peak position
  6. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. ↑ "La Bouche singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  8. ↑ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved July 28, 2008)
  9. ↑ Hit parade Italia (Retrieved May 30, 2008)
  10. ↑ Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved 2 November 2012)
  11. 1 2 "Single top 100 over 1995" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  12. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World, 7 May 1994
  13. ↑ "Be My Lover", UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved July 28, 2008)
  14. 1 2 3 4 Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved July 28, 2008)
  15. ↑ "1995 Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  16. ↑ 1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved February 11, 2008)
  17. ↑ 1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved February 11, 2008)
  18. ↑ Canada Top 50 Dance Tracks of 1995
  19. ↑ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)
  20. ↑ "1995 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  21. 1 2 "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1996". ARIA. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1996". Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  23. ↑ "Austrian single certifications – La Bouche – Be My Lover" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter La Bouche in the field Interpret. Enter Be My Lover in the field Titel. Select single in the field Format. Click Suchen
  24. ↑ "French single certifications – La Bouche – Be My Lover" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  25. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (La Bouche; 'Be My Lover')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  26. ↑ "American single certifications – La Bouche – Be My Lover". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH

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