Shoot Me with Your Love

"Shoot Me with Your Love" is the first of a three-single Top 40 run in the year 1995 for the Northern Irish band D:Ream. It was the highest peaking of the three songs, 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 numbers 20 and 40, respectively.

"Shoot Me with Your Love"
Single by D:Ream
from the album World
Released26 June 1995
Genre
Length3:51
Label
  • Eastwest
  • Magnet
  • Sire
  • Warner Music Australia
Songwriter(s)
  • Peter Cunnah
  • Tim Hegarty
Producer(s)
  • D:Ream
  • Tom Frederikse
D:Ream singles chronology
"Things Can Only Get Better"
(1993)		 "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 Cunnah "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] Pop Rescue stated, "This is an extremely up-beat track and one that’s very catchy. It’s mid-section choral breaks harks back to Things Can Only Get Better."[4] Smash Hits noted it as a "fantastically energetic pop-dance single that will see D:Ream back where they belong - at the top of the charts."[5]

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

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. "REVIEW: "WORLD" BY D:REAM (CD, 1995)". Pop Rescue. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. ""Things are getting even better!"". Smash Hits. No. 433. 5 July 1995. p. 31. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  7. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12 no. 29. 22 July 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Shoot Me With Your Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  10. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – D:Ream – Shoot Me With Your Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  13. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 January 2021.


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