Love Love Love (Agnes song)

Agnes began her musical career in 2005 when she won Idol 2005, a Swedish singing competition based on the British show Pop Idol. She subsequently released three studio albums and attempted to take part in Melodifestivalen 2007, the Swedish selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest. Details of her participation were leaked, a violation of contest rules, and she was disqualified.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13496|title=Sweden: Rehearsals for Saturday's final|last=Repo|first=Juha|date=2009-03-12|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=2009-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315025333/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13496|archive-date=2009-03-15|url-status=dead}}

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On 14 October 2008, two years after her first attempt, it was announced that Agnes was to take part in Melodifestivalen 2009 with the disco-pop song "Love Love Love".{{cite web|url = http://tvplaneten.se/1.673580/2008/10/15/har_ar_nastan_alla_bidrag_till_melodifestivalen_2009|title = Här är (nästan) alla bidrag till Melodifestivalen 2009|accessdate = 2009-04-04|first = Anna Thunman |last=Sköld|date = 2008-10-15|work = TV-Planeten|language=Swedish}} The song is written by Anders Hansson, who also wrote Agnes' third studio album Dance Love Pop from which the song is a bonus track on the re-release.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13493|title=Sweden: Melodifestivalen artists talk to esctoday.com|last=Repo|first=Juha|date=2009-03-12|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=2009-04-04|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090315025319/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13493|archivedate=2009-03-15}} At first, it was said that the song was to be performed as a duet with fellow Swedish pop singer Marie Serneholt, but it did not materialize, as Serneholt decided to compete in the contest on her own.{{cite web|url = http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/melodifestivalen2009/article3898218.ab|title = Lili och Susie till Melodifestivalen|accessdate = 2009-02-04|first = Susanne |last=Nylén|author2=Niklas Strömberg |date = 2008-12-02|work = Aftonbladet|language=Swedish}}

Agnes appeared at the fourth semi-final of the contest, held on 28 February 2009 at the Malmö Arena and competed against seven other entrants.{{cite web|url = http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1389177/de-ar-med-i-melodifestivalen-igen|title = De är med i Melodifestivalen - igen|accessdate = 2009-02-04|author = Carl Andersson|date = 2008-12-02|work = Expressen|language = Swedish|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081203231507/http://www.expressen.se/noje/musik/1.1389177/de-ar-med-i-melodifestivalen-igen|archive-date = 2008-12-03|url-status = dead}} Agnes presented "Love Love Love" first on the night, and for her performance, she appeared on stage in an "eye-catching" gold sequined skin-tight outfit and was alone at first in front of a skyscraper backdrop before being joined by six dancers.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13398|title=Live: fourth semi final in Sweden|last=Klier|first=Marcus|date=2009-02-28|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=2009-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406062420/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13398|archive-date=2009-04-06|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=5252 |title=Live from Malmö, the 4th Melodifestivalen semifinal; results |last=Backfish |first=Emma |date=2009-02-28 |publisher=Oikotimes |accessdate=2009-04-04 }} {{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The song made the top four and was selected to duel against the Star Pilots' "Higher", with one song going to the final and the other to the "Second Chance" round. "Love Love Love" received 66,740 televotes versus the Star Pilots' 54,785, winning the duel and gaining a spot in the final.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13401|title=Sweden: Another two acts chosen for the final|last=Klier|first=Marcus|date=2009-02-28|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=2009-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404120012/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13401|archive-date=2009-04-04|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13520 |title=Sweden: The complete semi final results |last=Klier |first=Marcus |date=2009-03-14 |publisher=ESCToday |accessdate=2009-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317062109/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13520 |archivedate=2009-03-17 }}

At the Melodifestivalen final, held on March 14 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, "Love Love Love" was presented third out of the eleven participants and Agnes executed a repeat performance of her show at the semi-final.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13517|title=Live: National final in Sweden|last=Klier|first=Marcus|date=2009-03-14|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=2009-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412074448/http://esctoday.com/news/read/13517|archive-date=2009-04-12|url-status=dead}} When the results were announced, she received forty points in total, all from the regional juries, placing her eighth.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13518 |title=Sweden: Malena Ernman to Eurovision |last=Klier |first=Marcus |date=2009-03-14 |publisher=ESCToday |accessdate=2009-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317055636/http://esctoday.com/news/read/13518 |archivedate=2009-03-17 }}

"Love Love Love" was first heard in the form of a one-minute clip on 27 February 2009, the day before Agnes appeared in the fourth semi-final of Melodifestivalen 2009; it was available on the website of Sveriges Television, the organizer of Melodifestivalen.{{cite web|url=http://esctoday.com/news/read/13378|title=Sweden: Last 8 Melodifestivalen song clips online|last=Hondal|first=Victor|date=2009-02-27|publisher=ESCToday|accessdate=2009-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302083154/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/13378|archive-date=2009-03-02|url-status=dead}} The song was released to radio stations the following day on February 28 after the semi-final, in line with the Contest's rules. It then became available as a two–track CD single on 2 March 2009 and a one–track digital download on 1 March 2009 along with many of the other songs in the Contest. The song serves as the third single from Dance Love Pop and is included on the "Love Love Love Edition" re-release which was released on 1 April 2009.

;Digital download

(Released: 1 March 2009) (Roxy Recordings)

1. "Love Love Love" [Radio Edit] — 2:59

;CD single

(Released: 2 March 2009) (Roxy Recordings)

1. "Love Love Love" [Radio Edit] — 2:59
2. "Love Love Love" [Instrumental] — 2:59

The song debuted on the Swedish Singles Chart on the week of 6 March 2009 at number 28, and peaked the following week at number four, before falling to number 11, 16, 18, 26, and then 34 in the succeeding weeks.{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Agnes&titel=Love+Love+Love&cat=s|title=Agnes - Love Love Love (song)|date=2009-04-03|publisher=SwedishCharts|accessdate=2009-04-04|author=Staff}} "Love Love Love" continued its descent in the charts in its eighth and ninth weeks, charting at 37 and 55 respectively, before leaving after nine consecutive weeks.

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• [https://www.facebook.com/AgnesOfficial/ Official Website]
• [https://www.myspace.com/agnescarlsson Official Myspace]

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