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"Shoot Me with Your Love" is a 1995 song by Northern Irish band D:Ream, released as the first single from their second album, World. It was.the first of a three-single Top 40 run in the year 1995 for the band and alo the highest peaking, reaching number seven on the UK 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.

"Shoot Me with Your Love"
Single by D:Ream
from the album World
Released	26 June 1995 (1995-06-26)
Genre	Eurodance house
Length	3:51
Label	Magnet FXU Sire
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

Critical reception

John Bush from AllMusic said 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 described it as an "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 noted "the tireless and oh-so-contagious tone" of the album version.[2] Music & Media wrote that 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]

British magazine Music Week gave "Shoot Me with Your Love" three out of five, adding that it is "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] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update deemed it a "'Na Na Hey Kiss Him Goodbye'-ishly chanted soaring, wukka-wukking, jangling and thumping joyous strider".[5] 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] 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."[7]

Track listing

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[8]	73
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9]	26
Finland (IFPI)[10]	13
Germany (Official German Charts)[11]	73
Ireland (IRMA)[12]	16
Scotland (OCC)[13]	6
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14]	45
UK Singles (OCC)[15]	7
UK Dance (OCC)[16]	3

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	26 June 1995 (1995-06-26)	12-inch vinyl CD cassette	Magnet FXU	[17]
United States	10 October 1995 (1995-10-10)	Contemporary hit radio	Sire Magnet	[18]

References

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