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"The Meaning of Love"
Song
A-side"The Meaning of Love"

"The Meaning of Love" is the second single from Pop Idol winner Michelle McManus, released on 26 January 2004. It did not match the success of her chart-topping debut single "All This Time", reaching number 16 in the UK and number 29 in Ireland. Soon after the single's commercial failure, BMG dropped McManus from the label.

Music video

The music video premiered in the United Kingdom in January 2004. It shows a man and a woman arguing before making up.

Reception

Daily Record critic John Dingwall called the song a "great ballad"; a colleague of his, however, wrote: "Michelle's going to have to aim much higher... 'The Meaning of Love', while good, isn't great." AllMusic journalist Sharon Mawer described the track as "a charity sounding record without the All Saints rhythm , without the multi-vocals, and without much of a tune either".

Commercial performance

"The Meaning of Love" debuted at #16 in the United Kingdom and number 29 in Ireland. The single did not chart as well as expected. It spent four weeks in the UK Top 75 and three weeks in the Irish Top 100. Considered a flop, with sales of only 8,000, the media drew comparisons of McManus' fortunes to Popstars: The Rivals rejects One True Voice.

Track listing

UK CD single

1. "The Meaning of Love" (Radio edit)

UK Digital download

1. "The Meaning of Love" (album version)

Weekly-charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 16
Irish Singles Chart 29

References

  1. ChartArchive - The Chart Archive
  2. ^ Michelle Mcmanus - The Meaning Of Love - Music Charts
  3. English, Paul (4 September 2010). "Michelle McManus: How I fought back from Pop Idol rejection to sing for the Pope". Daily Record. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. Dingwall, John (11 February 2004). "The Razz: 'Chelle: We hear new album first". Daily Record. HighBeam Research. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. "The Razz: Singles and Albums". Daily Record. HighBeam Research. 9 April 2004. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  6. Mawer, Sharon (2004-02-16). "The Meaning of Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-31.
  7. "Top of the flops". Birmingham Mail. 12 April 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2017 – via HighBeam. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
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