You Got the Love

{{Short description|1986 single by the Source featuring Candi Staton}}

{{For|the Rufus song|You Got the Love (Rufus song)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = You Got the Love

| cover = You Got the Love by The Source featuring Candi Staton UK 1991 reissue.png

| alt =

| caption = UK 7-inch variant of 1991 re-release

| type = single

| artist = the Source featuring Candi Staton

| album =

| released = 1986

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = House

| length = * 4:05 (radio mix)

  • 3:15 (Now Voyager radio edit)
  • 3:35 (Now Voyager radio mix)

| label = {{ubl|1986: Source (US), Streetwave (UK)|1991: Truelove|1997: React|2006: Positiva}}

| writer = {{hlist|Anthony B. Stephens|Arnecia Michelle Harris|John Bellamy}}

| producer = The Source

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|vgojwuPjypU|"You Got the Love" (1997 version)}}}}

}}

"You Got the Love" is a song by British songwriting team the Source featuring American singer-songwriter Candi Staton. Originally released in 1986, the song was remixed and re-released in 1991, 1997, and 2006. It has reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, number two on the UK Dance Singles Chart and number one on the UK Club Chart.

The song has been covered by other artists, including as "You've Got the Love" by Florence and the Machine in 2009, which reached number five on the UK chart.

Background and release

{{more citations needed|section|date=April 2018}}

{{Quote box|width=22%|align=right|quote="They were calling my house saying I had a No. 1 record in England. And I said, 'What song? I haven't released any song.'"|source=—Candi Staton talking to The Guardian about the song.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UH_EOUR4tmkC|title=1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die|first=Robert|last=Dimery|publisher=Hachette UK|date=5 December 2011|isbn=9781844037179 |accessdate=9 January 2023}}}}

The original version is a soul/disco/gospel track, written by Anthony B. Stephens, Arnecia Michelle Harris and John Bellamy. British DJ Simon Harris was the first person to discover and license the song in 1986 when he was looking for tracks to release on his newly formed Music of Life label with DJ Froggy. Harris then took the track to Morgan Khan, the distributor of the new label, the track was licensed and released on Khan's StreetSounds Streetwave label. The original Candi Staton track had been recorded for a direct-to-video 1980s documentary about an obese man who was trying to lose weight. Staton said she couldn't remember having recorded a song called "You Got the Love". It was only later that she realised she had performed the song years earlier for the documentary. The producers of the video had selected the song for her to sing, but as they had no funds to pay her, they donated half of the copyright and publishing to Staton.{{cite news| url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1737687,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=I was so drunk I fell on to the stage | first=Sophie | last=Heawood | date=24 March 2006}}

The Candi Staton a cappella version was originally mixed over an instrumental version of the Frankie Knuckles/Jamie Principle house song "Your Love". This bootleg release was a studio recording of Eren Abdullah mixing the two pieces of vinyl together. The DJ Eren "Original Bootleg" mix was released by John Truelove's record label in 1991 and reached number four{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30969/source/|title=SOURCE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}} on the UK Singles Chart.

It was re-issued in 1997 by React Music Limited in a new remixed version called the "Now Voyager Mix".{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/15762/candi-staton/|title=CANDI STATON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com}} This time the record reached number three, the song's highest position.

It was remixed again in 2006 by Now Voyager, and this new version was called the "New Voyager Mix" (instead of "Now"), and was back with further new mixes by the Shapeshifters amongst others. This time the rights to the record were picked up by EMI's Positiva label (also the label the Shapeshifters were signed to), who scored another top ten hit, when the track reached number seven. The 2006 mix also featured more lyrics than the first two versions.

The "Original Bootleg Radio Mix" of the track was featured in the film Layer Cake in the club when Sidney talks to the film's protagonist as he looks on at Sidney's girlfriend.{{cite web |date=March 9, 2020 |author=Jude Rogers |title=You Got the Love — Candi Staton's house classic was never meant to be released |url=https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/you-got-the-love.html |website=Financial Times |access-date=2023-11-16 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231116123236/https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/you-got-the-love.html |archive-date=2023-11-16 }}

The song was used on the series finale of the series Sex and the City,{{cite web |last1=D'Addario |first1=Daniel |title='And Just Like That' Doesn't Yet Have the 'Sex and the City' Spirit: TV Review |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/reviews/and-just-like-that-satc-review-1235129553/ |website=Variety |date=9 December 2021 |quote=ended, in 2004, with a montage of its characters having found fulfillment through romance and, crucially, self-acceptance, all set to the 1980s single “You Got the Love.”}} and also the series finale of Gossip Girl.{{cite web |date=18 December 2012 |last1=Johnson |first1=Zach |author1-link=Zach Johnson |title=Gossip Girl's Identity Revealed: Which Cast Member Is It? |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/gossip-girls-identity-revealed-which-cast-member-is-it-20121812/ |website=Us Weekly }}

The Now Voyager Remix of the song was used for the theme tune of live Football League coverage on Sky Sports until the start of the 2014–15 season.

Critical reception

On 19 January 1991, Music Week named "You Got the Love" Pick of the Week.{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-01-19.pdf|title=Mainstream: Singles — Pick of the Week|magazine=Music Week|date=19 January 1991|page=9|access-date=6 April 2023}} Mandi James from NME wrote, "Bootlegs have kept the dancefloor boiling, provided healthy competition for the influx of white labels and given inspiration in the face of Technotronic megamixes. The best ideas have always been the most breathtakingly simple and usually caused the most consternation. 'You Got the Love' by the Source featuring Candi Staton, formerly known as 'Love/Rock', pays testimony to both those principles. It's an inspired combination of uplifting gospel vocals and Jamie Principle's proto-house classic 'Your Love', is currently sitting comfortably in the Top 40, and has a chequered history to match Black Box's 'Ride on Time'."{{cite magazine|first=Mandi|last=James|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52294831216/|title=Hot Source|magazine=NME|date=16 February 1991|page=24|access-date=5 April 2023}}

Upon the 1997 remix, Alan Jones from Music Week commented, "A brilliant marriage of two different records, the Source featuring Candi Staton's "You Got the Love" was a truly inspired amalgam, well deserving its top five status in 1991. Six years on, it has been extensively remixed by the Rhythm Masters and David Morales & Frankie Knuckles. The new mixes work well, although the 1991 mixes remain the best. Well worth another outing."{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-01-18.pdf|title=Talking Music|magazine=Music Week|date=18 January 1997|page=23|accessdate=7 May 2022}} James Hyman from the RM Dance Update gave the 1997 remix five out of five, adding, "Now 'Voyager's Epic' (which is managing to gain considerable airplay) borrows from Elgar's 'Enigma Variations' and, with the vocal, creates a parallel to Massive Attack's 'Unfinished Sympathy' via an uplifting and spinetingling surge."{{cite magazine|first=James|last=Hyman|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-01-25.pdf|title=Hot Vinyl|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=25 January 1997|page=8|accessdate=7 May 2022|author-link=James Hyman}}

Music video

The planned 1986 video was supposed to feature a {{convert|900|lb|kg}} man wanting to lose weight. The filming was shelved when the actor portraying the character lost his weight to around {{convert|300|lb|kg}}.{{cite interview |first=Candi |last=Staton |date=24 February 2009 |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/01201-we-want-candi-soul-legend-ms-staton-interviewed |title=We Want Candi—Soul Legend Candi Staton Interviewed |website=The Quietus |access-date=15 September 2009 }}

The 1991 video shows silhouettes of men and women dancing on a white background, sometimes as individuals, couples or in groups, intercut with a sequence of close-ups of different faces miming to the lyrics. Grainy footage of a Northern line London Underground train entering a station also appears.

The 1997 video features the "Now Voyager mix" and portrays a man dressed like a friar carrying a cross being guided by an angel and tempted by the Devil.

The 2006 version features the "New Voyager mix" in a black and white video. Set in London, it portrays an angelic young man (played by Neil Newbon) watching over the poor, lonely and vulnerable in the streets, subways and gardens. (Referencing the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire)

Impact and legacy

Mixmag ranked the song number 33{{Cite web|url=https://playlists.net/mixmag-100-greatest-dance-singles-of-all|title=Mixmag 100 Greatest Dance Singles Of All Time Spotify Playlist|website=Playlists.net}} in its "100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time" list in 1996, adding:

{{cquote|Sometimes you feel like throwing your hands up in the air. And that's exactly when you want to hear this record.}}

English house music DJ, DJ Paulette named the song as one of her favourites in 1996, saying, "This is one of my desert island discs. It came out in about 1991/1992 and it's just fantastic, so strong. I remember the video being shown on TOTP, it charted really highly. The energy of the track is inspirational."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-04-20.pdf|first=|last=|title=Jock On Her Box|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=20 April 1996|page=5|accessdate=15 August 2021}}

Time Out listed the song number seven in their "The 100 best party songs" list in 2018, adding,

{{cquote|This is the one time it is absolutely acceptable to shriek a song. You do it because nobody, not Florence, nobody, can match Candi Staton’s voice. She sings it and everyone else shrieks it in homage to one of the great vocals of all time.{{cite web|title=The 100 best party songs|work=Time Out|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/best-party-songs|access-date=4 October 2018}}}}

=Accolades=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Publisher

!Country

!Accolade

!Rank

1996

|Mixmag

|United Kingdom

|"100 Greatest Dance Singles of All Time"

|33

2004

|IDJ

|United States

|"The 50 Greatest Dance Singles"{{CN|date=December 2023}}

|22

2004

|Q

|United Kingdom

|"The 1010 Songs You Must Own"

|*

2015

|Robert Dimery

|United States

|"1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2015 Update)"

|*

2018

|Time Out

|United Kingdom

|"100 Best Party Songs"

|7

2020

|PopMatters

|United States

|"15 Landmark Dance Tracks of 1991"{{cite magazine|first=Steve|last=Jansen|title=15 Landmark Dance Tracks of 1991|magazine=PopMatters|url=https://www.popmatters.com/15-landmark-dance-tracks-1991-2495953361.html|date=26 June 2020|accessdate=21 April 2022}}

|*

2020

|Tomorrowland

|Belgium

|"Ibiza Top 500"{{Cite web|date=2020|title=Tomorrowland Ibiza Top 500 (2020)|url=https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6RrALk1ve62YYLcyrForW0|publisher=Spotify|access-date=26 April 2022}}

|33

(*) indicates the list is not in any particular order.

Track listings

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

  • 1986 original version

:A1. "You Got the Love" {{small|(House Radio)}} — 4:27

:A2. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Extended Vocal)}} — 6:45

:B1. "You Got the Love" {{small|(House Apella)}} — 7:07

:B2. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Club House)}} — 8:07

  • 1989 version
  1. "Untitled (You Got the Love / Your Love)"
  • 1991 version
  1. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Extended Vocal)}}
  2. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Radio Edit)}}
  3. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Club House)}}
  4. "You Got the Love" {{small|(House Apella)}}
  5. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Eren's Bootleg Mix)}}
  6. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Morning Time Mix)}}
  • 1991 Trax USA version
  1. "Frankie Knuckles – Your Love / You Got the Love (Remix)" {{small|(Trax Records – TX 202)}}
  • 1997 UK version
  1. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Now Voyager Radio Mix)}}
  2. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Now Voyager Mix)}}
  • 2006 UK version
  1. "You Got the Love" {{small|(New Voyager Radio Edit)}}
  2. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Shapeshifters Radio Edit)}}
  3. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Extended New Voyager Mix)}}
  4. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Shapeshifter Main Vocal Mix)}}
  5. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Truelove, Lys & Gigi Remix)}}
  6. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Paradise Soul Mix)}}
  7. Enhanced video

{{col-2}}

  • Australian version
  1. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Now Voyager Radio Mix)}}
  2. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Original Radio Edit)}}
  3. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Truelove, Lys, & Gigi Remix)}}
  4. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Shapeshifters Main Vocal Mix)}}
  5. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Shapeshifters Alt. Mix)}}
  6. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Now Voyager Mix)}}
  7. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Original Mix)}}
  8. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Paradise Soul Mix)}}
  9. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Rhythm Masters Classic Vocal Mix)}}
  10. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Asle Bjorn Remix)}}
  11. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Wayne G Circuit Anthem Mix)}}
  • 2012 Hungarian version
  1. "You've Got the Love 2k12" {{small|(House Gangsters & Mr. Tom Wave meets. F.A.T.M. remix)}}
  • 2015 official remix
  1. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Yuga featuring Candi Staton)}}
  2. "You Got the Love" {{small|(Dr. Shiver – Candi Staton featuring Doc M.C.)}}

{{col-end}}

Charts

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1986)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|UK|95|artist=The Source feat. Candi Staton|song=You Got the Love|date=19861214|refname=UK 1986}}
{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|88|artist=Source}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|Austria|artist=The Source feat. Candi Staton|song=You Got the Love (Erens Bootleg Mix)|2=20}}
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1991/week-16|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 16, 1991|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=April 9, 2023}}

|align="center"|12

{{single chart|Dutch100|artist=The Source feat. Candi Staton|song=You Got the Love (Erens Bootleg Mix)|2=69|refname=Dutch100 1991}}
{{single chart|UK|artist=Source|song=You Got the Love|2=4|date=19910224|refname=UK 1991}}
scope="row"|UK Dance (Music Week){{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-02-09.pdf |title= Top 60 Dance Singles |magazine= Music Week |date= 9 February 1991 |page= xii |access-date= 27 September 2020}}

| align="center"|2

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1997)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Belgium Dance (Ultratop){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/dance/1997/19970419|title=Ultratop Dance 19/04/1997|date=19 April 1997|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=29 May 2018}}

| align="center"|8

scope="row"|Belgium Ultratip Bubbling Under (Ultratip Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/ultratip/1997/19970503|title=Ultratip Bubbling Under 03/05/1997|date=3 May 1997|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=15 September 2019}}

| align="center"|3

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-03-08.pdf|title=Music & Media: Eurochart Hot 100|date=8 March 1997|access-date=21 June 2018|magazine=Music & Media}}

| align="center"|26

{{single chart|Ireland2|28|song=You Got the Love|access-date=29 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|25|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|year=1997|week=19|refname=Dutch40 1997}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|37|artist=The Source feat. Candi Staton|song=You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix)|refname=Dutch100 1997}}
{{single chart|Scotland|4|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|song=You Got The Love (Now Voyager Mix)|date=19970223}}
{{single chart|UK|3|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|song=You Got The Love|date=19970223|refname=UK 1997}}
{{single chart|UKdance|2|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|song=You Got The Love|date=19970223}}
scope="row"|UK Club Chart (Music Week){{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-01-18.pdf|title=The RM Club Chart|magazine=Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert)|date=18 January 1997|page=6|accessdate=7 May 2022}}

| align="center"|1

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2004–2005)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{single chart|UK|60|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|song=You Got the Love|date=20050102|refname=UK 2005}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue842.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222430/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060520-0000/issue842.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-22|title=The ARIA Report: Issue 842 (Week Commencing 24 April 2006)|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|page=4|access-date=12 June 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|align="center"|57

{{single chart|Flanders|49|artist=The Source feat. Candi Staton|song=You Got The Love (New Voyager Mix)}}
{{single chart|Germany|67|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|song=You Got the Love (Now Voyager Mix)|songid=57871}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=You Got the Love|access-date=29 January 2020}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|8|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|year=2006|week=11|refname=Dutch40 2006}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|16|artist=The Source feat. Candi Staton|song=You Got The Love (New Voyager Mix)}}
{{single chart|UK|7|artist=The Source featuring Candi Staton|song=You Got The Love|date=20060212|refname=UK 2006}}
scope="row"|US Global Dance Tracks (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/source/chart-history/dgl/ |title=Source: Chart History – Global Dance Songs |magazine=Billboard |access-date=15 September 2019 }}

| align="center"|26

{{col-2}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Position

UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|magazine=Music Week|title=Top 100 Singles 1991|date=11 January 1992|page=20}}

| align="center"|31

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (1997)

! scope="col"| Position

UK Singles (OCC){{cite magazine|magazine=Music Week|title=Top 100 Singles 1997|date=17 January 1998|page=27}}

| align="center"|89

UK Club Chart (Music Week){{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1998/Music-Week-1998-01-10.pdf|title=The Club Top 100 of 1997|magazine=Music Week, in RM (Dance Update Supplemental insert)|date=10 January 1998|page=5|access-date=9 January 2023}}

| align="center"|8

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"| Chart (2006)

! scope="col"| Position

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2006|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2006|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=10 April 2020}}

| align="center"|37

Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2006|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=10 April 2020}}

| align="center"|82

UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20060108/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2006|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=10 April 2020}}

| align="center"|71

{{col-end}}

Certifications

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Source ft Candi Staton|title=You Got the Love|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2021|id=11495-539-1|access-date=9 July 2021}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col" |Region

!scope="col" |Version

!scope="col" |Date

!scope="col" |Format(s)

!scope="col" |Label(s)

!scope="col" |{{Ref heading}}

scope="row" rowspan="5"|United Kingdom

|Original

|1986

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl}}

|Streetwave

|

rowspan="2"|Erens Bootleg mix

|21 January 1991

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|12-inch vinyl|cassette}}

|rowspan="2"|Truelove

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=vi|date=19 January 1991}}

4 February 1991

|CD

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=vi|date=2 February 1991}}

rowspan="2"|New Voyager mix

|17 February 1997

|{{hlist|12-inch vinyl|CD|cassette}}

|React

|{{cite magazine|title=Reviews – Records Out on February 17, 1997: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=8|date=15 February 1997}}

6 February 2006

|CD

|Positiva

|{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=4 February 2006}}

Florence and the Machine version

{{Infobox song

| name = You've Got the Love

| cover = You've Got the Love (Florence + the Machine album - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Florence and the Machine

| album = Lungs

| released = 5 January 2009

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Dance{{cite web |last=Koski |first=Genevieve |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/florence-the-machine-ilungsi-34570 |title=Florence + The Machine: Lungs |work=The A.V. Club |date=27 October 2009 |access-date=4 June 2016}}

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=48}}

| label = Island

| writer = {{hlist|Anthony B. Stephens|Arnecia Michelle Harris|John Bellamy}}

| producer = Charlie Hugall

| prev_title = Drumming Song

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = You Got the Dirtee Love

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|id=PQZhN65vq9E|title="You've Got the Love"}}}}

}}

The song was covered by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine as "You've Got the Love" and released as the fifth single from their debut album, Lungs (2009). It was first released on 1 December 2008 as the B-side to their second single "Dog Days Are Over". It was then later released as a digital download only single on 5 January 2009 in the United Kingdom only, after the mass praise it received during the release of "Dog Days Are Over". After being released before Lungs was finally recorded and released, it was later featured on the album as its bonus track.

The single was given a re-release on physical format on 16 November 2009 in the United Kingdom. For the reissue a music video was shot.

=Background=

The track, which is significantly shorter than the original, was produced by Charlie Hugall, who also produced three other tracks on Lungs. Hugall was also involved in the bass and percussion development of the song. The track features Isabella Summers on piano, Christopher Lloyd Hayden on drums, Tom Moth on harp, Rob Ackroyd on guitar and Florence Welch on vocals.

Florence Welch explained her inspiration behind covering "one of her favourite songs ever":

As a kid, going to clubs and raves, this song made me feel love. At Bestival last year we were top of the bill on that stage, so we were thinking of an amazing cover we could do, and I thought of Candi Staton. Even in rehearsals, playing it was just the most euphoric feeling. Then playing it live and seeing everyone's arms in the air, and the faces – it was the best feeling ever! I was dressed as a genie sea-monster, and I remember looking at my guitarist as we played the first chords, and then there was the reaction and it was like tearing ourselves open and just exploding on the crowd, and then all did it back. It's a feeling you couldn't express. I'm really excited that now in our live shows I'm going to be playing one of my favourite songs ever, loads.{{cite web|url=http://www.florenceandthemachine.net/news/24-30/florence-on-lungs-part-three/0-6 |title=Official Website | News | Gigs | Music | Blogs – News |publisher=Florence and the Machine |access-date=11 March 2010}}

"You've Got the Love" is a fan favourite of the band and has been played at numerous festivals around the United Kingdom during 2008 and 2009. Including the Bestival, Glastonbury, Way Out West, Brighton, Electric Picnic, Leeds, Smash & Grab and with an acoustic version being performed at a festival in Reading. It's also been performed Live In Ibiza on BBC Radio 1 and at the BBC Live Big Weekend. Florence also made a guest appearance during the xx's 2010 Glastonbury Festival performance, where they played their remix of the track. In 2013, a children's choir rendition of the song was used in TV spots for Coca-Cola.{{cite web |url=http://tvcommercialssongs.com/even-reasonstobelieve-coca-cola/ |title=TV Commercial songs |publisher=Sungyoung Lee |access-date=29 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234436/http://tvcommercialssongs.com/even-reasonstobelieve-coca-cola/ |archive-date=30 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} At Bestival 2014, Candi Staton performed the song live in a duet with Florence and the Machine.{{cite web |date=2 September 2014 |author=Rachel McGrath |title=Candi Staton Reveals Florence Welch Collaboration Hopes |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/02/candi-staton-you-got-the-love-interview-florence-welch_n_5753402.html |website=Huffington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904001146/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/09/02/candi-staton-you-got-the-love-interview-florence-welch_n_5753402.html |archive-date=2014-09-04 |access-date=2023-11-16 }}

=Critical reception=

"You've Got the Love" received positive reviews who notably commented on the song in reviews of "Dog Days Are Over". MusicOMH commented on the song by saying that "Following with her tradition of some finely chosen cover versions, there's even an excellent rendition of The Source's You Got the Love."[http://www.musicomh.com/singles/florence-and-the-machine-2_1108.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109130126/http://www.musicomh.com/singles/florence-and-the-machine-2_1108.htm|date=9 January 2009}} Altsounds.com reviewed the track, writing, "You've Got the Love" is a standard pop number that does something in a non-standard fashion – it isn't afraid of looking at its simplistic melodic hooks and accepting it with a touch of lyrical honesty and contemplative imprint."{{cite web |url=http://hangout.altsounds.com/reviews/107878-florence-and-the-machine-a-lot-of-love-a-lot-of-blood-ep.html |title=Altsounds.com Reviews | Florence and the Machine – A Lot of Love, A Lot of Blood [EP] |publisher=Hangout.altsounds.com |access-date=11 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324222150/http://hangout.altsounds.com/reviews/107878-florence-and-the-machine-a-lot-of-love-a-lot-of-blood-ep.html |archive-date=24 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}

Contactmusic.com also commented on the song by saying that "The B-side cover of The Source ft. Candi Staton's "You Got the Love" is equally strong."{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/singlereview/florence-and-the-machine-dog-days-are-overx09x12x08 |title=Florence and the Machine | Dog Days Are Over Single Review |publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=9 December 2008 |access-date=26 June 2015}} Dailymusicguide.com also positively reviewed the single, writing, "Florence + The Machine have used the format of the original remix but have certainly breathed new life into this old classic. With Florence Welch's distinctive voice she makes this song her own. The inclusion of a harp only adds to the gentle sway effect produced by the track, bursting gently in without malice at around eighteen seconds in. The song's lyrics are empowering: Florence's heavenly voice has a vulnerable quality which, as it has with relatively short career so far, grows stronger through You've Got The Love's verse and chorus. It's empowering, liberating and moving all at the same time, not least conveyed by the emotion in Welch's vocals. Rating: 4/5"{{cite web |url=http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/florence-and-the-machine-youve-got-the-love-single-review-26022009-2043.aspx |title=Florence and the Machine – You've Got the Love (Island) | DMG Reviews |publisher=Dailymusicguide.com |access-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629044129/http://www.dailymusicguide.com/Reviews/florence-and-the-machine-youve-got-the-love-single-review-26022009-2043.aspx |archive-date=29 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}

=Commercial performance=

Upon its original release, "You've Got the Love" reached number 158 on the UK Singles Chart. The song later re-entered the chart at number 124 and moved up to number 68 in the next week's chart. The following week it fell to number 75 before dropping out of the top 100.

It then re-entered the chart, two weeks later on 22 August 2009 at number 59, where it peaked before dropping out the top 100 again. Its re-entry pattern then continued when it re-entered three weeks later on 12 September 2009 at number 88. The song peaked at number 16, after the single's actual release in 2009. It spent a total of eight weeks within the top 100, longer than both previous singles "Kiss with a Fist" and "Dog Days Are Over".

In November 2009, BBC Sport used the song at the end of the Formula 1 coverage of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (and the whole 2009 season) for a season review video which covered highlights of all 17 races that were held that year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewB0rU28Hks |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/ewB0rU28Hks |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=BBC F1 2009 End Credits|date=November 2009 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}

On 3 January 2010, "You've Got the Love" climbed 18 places to a new peak of number 13 on the UK Singles Chart after its use in the last episode of Gavin & Stacey on 1 January 2010. One week later, on 10 January 2010, the song peaked at number five in its 34th week on the chart, becoming the band's first top-10 single. Following their Brit performance in February 2010, "You've Got the Love" climbed to number 12, just missing out on the Top 10. It has spent 30 weeks on the UK Singles Chart. As of June 2018, the song has sold over 1.8 million combined sales/streams in that country.

On 8 January 2010, "You've Got the Love" climbed up the Irish Singles Chart, reaching a peak of number 21, whereas before it had only reached number 30. After falling out of the chart, on 26 February 2010, "You've Got the Love" re-entered the Irish chart, reaching a new peak of number 16.

In January, "You've got the Love" entered the Australian singles ARIA Charts at number 50, and remained within the top 50 for a large amount of time. In February and March, it was consistently increasing positions, where it eventually reached a peak of number 30. Due to popular television shows like Domestic Blitz and MasterChef Australia using it in commercials, the song rapidly climbed to number 17, on 4 April, and to its highest peak of number nine on 11 April. It hasn't been released as a physical single, and has relied solely on digital sales, where it has peaked at number five.

In New Zealand the single began receiving mainstream radio airplay causing it to rise to 50{{cite web |url=http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2631&Itemid=32 |title=RadioScope100 | 20 December 2009 – RadioScope New Zealand |publisher=Radioscope.net.nz |date=20 December 2009 |access-date=11 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515093450/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2631&Itemid=32 |archive-date=15 May 2010 |url-status=dead }} on the airplay chart, however, the airplay has since dropped.

=Music video=

Despite originally being released as a single almost nine months earlier, the band announced on 18 September 2009 that a music video would be made for the song and would be shot on 21 September 2009 in London. It features Welch in a white, sparkly leotard dancing on a large moon-shaped platform suspended over a nightclub, an homage to Studio 54. The video later shows many people beneath her dancing to the song. The video that aired on United Kingdom television has a different version of the song to the one on the album.{{cite web|url=http://www.florenceandthemachine.net/news/0-6/appear-in-the-video-for-youve-got-the-love |title=Official Website | News | Gigs | Music | Blogs – News |publisher=Florence and the Machine |access-date=11 March 2010}}

=Track listings=

  • Original release {{small|(digital download)}}
  • #"You've Got the Love" – 2:58
  • UK CD single
  • #"You've Got the Love" – 2:49
  • #"You've Got the Love" {{small|(Tom Middleton Remix)}} – 7:51
  • #"Addicted to Love" – 3:20
  • UK 7" single
  • #"You've Got the Love" {{small|(Single Version)}} – 2:40
  • #"You've Got the Love" {{small|(Jamie xx Re-work featuring the xx)}} – 5:36
  • Digital EP
  • #"You've Got the Love" – 2:48
  • #"You've Got the Love" {{small|(Tom Middleton Remix)}} – 7:53
  • #"You've Got the Love" {{small|(Steve Pitron & Max Sanna Remix)}} – 6:21
  • #"You've Got the Love" {{small|(Live from Abbey Road)}} – 3:45

=Charts=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Chart (2009–2015)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|9|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2010}}
scope="row"|Australia Hitseekers (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1041.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20100204130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20100205-0000/issue1041.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-02-04|title=ARIA Report: Issue 1041|publisher=ARIA|access-date=8 February 2010}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 1

{{single chart|Austria|28|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2014}}
{{single chart|Belgium (Flanders)|25|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2010}}
{{single chart|Wallonia Tip|5|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2014}}
{{single chart|Denmark Airplay|7|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|rowheader=true|year=2009|week=45}}
scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine|title=Hits of the World: European Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Billboard|volume=122|issue=3|page=59|date=23 January 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|20

{{single chart|France|110|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2014}}
{{single chart|Germany|52|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|songid=603531|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2010}}
{{single chart|Hungarytop10|28|year=2010|week=33|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|16|song=You've Got the Love|refname=FlorenceIRL|rowheader=true|access-date=29 January 2020}}
scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne){{cite web|url=https://earone.com/charts/earone-airplay-radio/2010/7|title=Earone Airplay - Settimana #7 dal 12/02/2010 al 18/02/2010|language=it|publisher=Earone}}

| style="text-align:center;"|6

scope="row"|New Zealand Airplay (Recorded Music NZ)

| style="text-align:center;"|50

{{single chart|Scotland|6|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|date=20100116|rowheader=true|access-date=26 June 2015}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|49|artist=Florence + The Machine|song=You've Got The Love|rowheader=true|access-date=4 August 2014}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|5|artist=Florence & the Machine|artistid=5108|rowheader=true|access-date=4 November 2010}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|21|artist=Florence + The Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=2 August 2014}}
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|34|artist=Florence + The Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=2 August 2014}}
{{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|42|artist=Florence + The Machine|rowheader=true|access-date=27 May 2012}}

{{col-2}}

==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Chart (2009)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20090104/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2009|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2 January 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|95

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Chart (2010)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2010.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 100 Singles 2010|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=8 January 2011}}

| style="text-align:center;"|63

scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne){{cite web|url=http://www.earone.it/classifiche/earone_top_100_of_the_year_2010/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106105220/http://www.earone.it/classifiche/earone_top_100_of_the_year_2010/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-11-06|title=Earone Top 100 of the year 2010|language=it|publisher=Earone}}

| style="text-align:center;"|31

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20100110/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2010|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2 January 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|59

{{col-end}}

=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "You've Got the Love "}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=7|certyear=2023|relyear=2009|access-date=3 April 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|artist=Florence + the Machine|title=You've Got The Love|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2024|access-date=March 12, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2009|artist=Florence + The Machine|title=You've Got the Love|certyear=2020|id=8802|access-date=2 January 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2009|certyear=2018|artist=Florence + The Machine|title=You've Got the Love|access-date=25 April 2018}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2009|certyear=2019|artist=Florence + The Machine|title=You've Got the Love|access-date=20 September 2021|id=2266}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2009|artist=Florence + The Machine|title=You've Got the Love|source=archive}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certyear=2024|artist=Florence + the Machine|title=You've Got The Love|accessdate=June 19, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|number=5|type=single|relyear=2009|certyear=2025|id=8466-891-1|artist=Florence & The Machine|title=You've Got the Love|access-date=28 February 2025}}

{{Certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Florence & The Machine|title=You Got the Love|award=Platinum|certyear=2023|relyear=2008|access-date=10 August 2023}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

"You Got the Dirtee Love"

{{Infobox song

| name = You Got the Dirtee Love

| cover = You Got the Dirtee Love (Florence + The Machine single - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Florence + the Machine and Dizzee Rascal

| album = Between Two Lungs and Tongue n' Cheek (Dirtee Deluxe Edition)

| released = {{Start date|2010|2|17|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=38}}

| label = Island

| writer = * John P. Jr. Bellamy

  • Anthony Stephens
  • Arnecia Michelle Harris
  • Nicholas Denton
  • Dylan Mills

| producer = * Charlie Hugall

  • Nicholas Denton

| chronology = Florence and the Machine

| prev_title = You've Got the Love

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Cosmic Love

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Dizzee Rascal

| type = single

| prev_title = Dirtee Cash

| prev_year = 2009

| title = You Got the Dirtee Love

| year = 2010

| next_title = Dirtee Disco

| next_year = 2010

}}

}}

At the 2010 BRIT Awards on 16 February 2010, Florence and the Machine and Dizzee Rascal performed a mashup of "You Got the Love" and Dizzee's song "Dirtee Cash", entitled "You Got the Dirtee Love".

The single was released on 17 February 2010 exclusively to iTunes, one day after the BRITs performance. On 21 February 2010, the single entered the UK Singles Chart at number two. As of May 2010, the single had sold more than 280,000 copies in the UK.{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/trio-to-record-charity-version-of-nessun-dorma-at-classical-brits/042550 |title=Trio to record charity version of Nessun Dorma at Classical Brits |work=Music Week |publisher=Intent Media |date=10 May 2010 |access-date=11 April 2013}} "You Got the Dirtee Love" is featured on the Dirtee Deluxe Edition of Dizzee Rascal's Tongue n' Cheek album; the track charted in Ireland and Australia following the album's release. It also appears on the Between Two Lungs reissue of Florence and the Machine's album Lungs.

The song was performed at Radio 1's Big Weekend in North Wales on 22 May 2010, and again at the Glastonbury Festival 2010 on 25 June. The song was also performed at Capital's Summertime Ball 2010, where Florence Welch appeared as a special guest during Dizzee's set.

=Charts=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

==Weekly charts==

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Chart (2010)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|27|artist=Florence + The Machine & Dizzee Rascal|song=You Got The Dirtee Love (Live at the BRIT Awards 2010)|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|24|artist=Dizzee Rascal & Florence & The Machine|song=You've Got The Dirtee Love|refname="ire2"|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)

| style="text-align:center;"|8

{{single chart|UK|2|artist=Florence / Dizzee Rascal|song=You Got The Dirtee Love|date=27 February 2010|rowheader=true}}

{{col-2}}

==Year-end charts==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"|Chart (2010)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/20100110/37501/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2010|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=2 January 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|54

{{col-end}}

=Certifications=

{{Certification Table Top}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2010|certyear=2024|title=You Got The Dirtee Love|artist=Florence/Dizzee Rascal|type=single|award=Platinum|id=10753-3263-1|access-date=13 September 2024}}

{{Certification Table Bottom | noshipments=true|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

Other versions

The song was covered by English singer and songwriter Joss Stone for her fourth studio album, Colour Me Free!, released in October 2008. Sam Ryder released a cover version as a single in 2023.{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/03/12/new-music-from-duncan-laurence-barbara-pravi-ivi-adamou-and-more/276081/|title=New music this week: Songs from Duncan Laurence, Barbara Pravi, Ivi Adamou and more|last=Vautrey|first=Jonathan|website=Wiwibloggs|date=12 March 2023|access-date=13 March 2023}} Kasabian played the track live at festivals, and in 2008 were nominated UK Festival Awards in the category "Most Memorable Moment" for their cover of the song at Creamfields.

References

{{Reflist}}