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Your Love Is a Song
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Wikipedia article
"'Your Love Is a Song'" is a song written and recorded by the alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was first released as a single to the iTunes Store in Australia, and became the third radio single from the band's seventh studio album, 'Hello Hurricane'.[http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-switchfoot-singles-galore.html New Switchfoot singles galore; "Your Love Is a Song" to follow "The Sound" as the third single; Switchfoot covering the Beastie Boys?] - Published March 27, 2010 (retrieved March 30, 2010)[http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2010/06/breaking-your-love-is-song-scheduled.html BREAKING: "Your Love Is a Song" scheduled for a Top 40 Mainstream release June 29, 2010!] - Published June 8, 2010 (retrieved June 8, 2010)
Song history
"Your Love Is a Song" first came together as a collaboration between Switchfoot singer Jon Foreman and the hip hop producer Mike Elizondo. The band had arrived at a standstill in the recording process for 'Hello Hurricane', having recorded nearly 80 songs and needing an outside perspective to help "make sense of the mess we made",[http://jesusfreakhideout.com/interviews/Switchfoot2010.asp LOBH Exclusive Interview With Mike Elizondo] brought Elizondo into the process.
After some phone conversations with Foreman, the two got together and wrote "Your Love Is a Song."
Switchfoot performed the song on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on November 12, 2010.[http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2010/11/breaking-switchfoot-set-to-perform-on.html BREAKING: Switchfoot set to perform on the Tonight Show this Friday!] - Published November 9, 2010 (retrieved December 23, 2010)
A remix of the song was also released by Sven Kirchhof.
Music video
A music video for "Your Love Is a Song" was scheduled for production with actress Jennifer Love Hewitt set to direct.[http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-switchfoot-singles-galore.html New Switchfoot singles galore; "Your Love Is a Song" to follow "The Sound" as the third single; Switchfoot covering the Beastie Boys?] - Published March 27, 2010 (retrieved December 23, 2010) Despite the success of the single, no video was ever made.
Reception
The song netted Switchfoot their first Adult Pop Songs charting song since "We Are One Tonight" entered the tally at No. 29 in 2006. "Your Love Is a Song" peaked at No. 27 and spent 15 weeks on the chart before falling off. It also fared well on the Christian Songs chart, reaching No. 18 and remaining on the chart for 19 weeks.
In popular culture
The song was featured prominently at the end of an episode of 'One Tree Hill' called "You Know I Love You, Don't You".[http://wereawakening.blogspot.com/2009/12/your-love-is-song-on-one-tree-hill.html "Your Love Is a Song" on One Tree Hill] - Published December 1, 2009 (retrieved March 23, 2010)
Chart
References
Category:2009 songs
Category:2010 singles
Category:Switchfoot songs
Category:Songs written by Jon Foreman
Category:Songs written by Mike Elizondo
Category:Song recordings produced by Mike Elizondo
Category:Warner Music Group singles
Category:Atlantic Records singles
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