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Be My Lover

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B-side
  
"Do You Still Need Me"

Recorded
  
September 1994

Length
  
3:44

Released
  
March 3, 1995

Genre
  
Eurodance Hi-NRG house

Format
  
CD single CD maxi 12" maxi

"Be My Lover" is a song recorded by German Eurodance group La Bouche. It was released in March 1995 as the second single from their album, Sweet Dreams.

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It is one of their biggest hits, alongside "Sweet Dreams". This song was dubbed into many megamix tracks and has had remix versions. It reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. It also topped the American dance chart for two weeks in December 1995 and hit number one in Germany and Sweden.

Two different music videos were made for this song, the first (European version), which was filmed in the city in night, features Melanie Thornton in a black outfit singing while driving a car, and the second (American version), filmed in studio, features her singing into a microphone, wearing purple.

Composition

The song is written in the key of C minor and follows a tempo of 134 beats per minute. It follows a basic chord progression of Cm–A–B, and the vocals span from G3 to F5.

Usage in media

The song was played in the 1995 Brazilian soap opera A Próxima Vítima, in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, in the 1998 movie A Night at the Roxbury, in the 1999 movie Earthly Possessions, in an episode of the sitcom Step by Step. It was also spoofed as "One Zero 001" on the computers-themed episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy and used in Audition Online Dance Battle as a song. It can be vaguely heard in the background in the "World's Greatest Dick" episode of the 3rd Rock from the Sun, in the Gay Bar that Sally and Harry walk into at the beginning of the episode.

In 2003, the song was covered by Hysterie. In 2013, Romanian dance pop singer Inna sampled the song for her third studio album Party Never Ends and released it as an official single.

Track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Be My Lover".

References

Be My Lover Wikipedia