Shoot Me with Your Love

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"Shoot Me with Your Love"
Shoot Me With Your Love.jpg
Single by D:Ream
from the album World
Released26 June 1995 (1995-06-26)
Genre
Length3:51
Label
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

"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.

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
[17]
United States 10 October 1995 (1995-10-10) Contemporary hit radio
[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Bush, John. "D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 18 November 1995. p. 100. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. 22 July 1995. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 June 1995. p. 10. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ Hamilton, James (1 July 1995). "Dj directory" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). p. 15. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ "REVIEW: "WORLD" BY D:REAM (CD, 1995)". Pop Rescue. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  7. ^ ""Things are getting even better!"". Smash Hits. No. 433. 5 July 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  8. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  9. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12 no. 29. 22 July 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. ^ Week 28, 1995
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  12. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Shoot Me With Your Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Swisscharts.com – D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  17. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 24 June 1995. p. 43. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Selected New Releases" (PDF). Radio & Records. No. 1115. 6 October 1995. p. 27. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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