My Love (Kele Le Roc song)

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"My Love"
Single by Kele Le Roc
from the album Everybody's Somebody
Released15 March 1999 (1999-03-15)
GenreUK garage (remixes)
Length3:56
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bradley Spalter
  • Robbie Nevil
Kele Le Roc singles chronology
"Little Bit of Lovin'"
(1998)
"My Love"
(1999)
"Thinking of You"
(2000)
Audio
"My Love" on YouTube

"My Love" is a song by British singer Kele Le Roc. It was released on 15 March 1999 as the second single from her debut album, Everybody's Somebody. Like her previous single "Little Bit of Lovin'", the song peaked at No. 8 on the UK Singles Chart, and it also peaked at No. 48 in New Zealand in January 2001. In 1999, the song won a MOBO Award for Best Single. Several remixes of the song became underground hits in the UK.

Remixes[edit]

Two garage remixes by 10º Below were underground hits in the UK garage scene in 1999: the 10º Below Vocal Mix and 10º Below Dub Mix. In 2008, a new set of remixes was released on Ice Cream Records titled "My Love (So Good)", featuring mixes by 10º Below, J-Sweet, and X-Men. The Paul Masterson remix was a hit on the London club scene in the early 2000s.

In 2018, the House & Garage Orchestra together with Le Roc recorded an orchestral version of the 10° Below Vocal Mix for the UK garage covers album Garage Classics.

Impact and legacy[edit]

"My Love" won the MOBO Award for Best Single in 1999.[1] In November 2016, UK duo Gorgon City compiled a list of their top UK garage songs for Billboard, with "My Love (10º Below Mix)" at No. 17.[2] In September 2019, NME included the 10º Below Mix of "My Love" in their "25 essential UK garage anthems" list.[3] Mixmag included the 10º Below Mix of "My Love" in their list of "16 of the Best Uplifting Vocal Garage Tracks".[4] Capital Xtra included the 10º Below Mix in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time".[5]

Track listings[edit]

UK CD1[6]

  1. "My Love" (7-inch Rude Boy edit) – 3:53
  2. "Forlorn – 5:03
  3. "Little Bit of Lovin'" (live from the Criterion) – 3:37

UK CD2 and Japanese CD single (The Mixes)[7][8]

  1. "My Love" (7-inch Rude Boy edit) – 3:56
  2. "My Love" (Ignorants edit) – 3:43
  3. "My Love" (M!s Lush vocal edit) – 4:12
  4. "My Love" (Paul Masterson club mix) – 7:33

UK cassette single[9]

  1. "My Love" (7-inch Rude Boy edit) – 3:56
  2. "Forlorn – 5:03

Charts[edit]

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 15 March 1999
  • CD
  • cassette
[16]
Japan 21 April 1999 CD [17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MOBO Awards 1999". MOBO Organisation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ "The 31 Best UK Garage Songs Ever". Billboard. November 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "The best UK garage tracks of all time". NME. September 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "16 of the best uplifting vocal garage tracks". Mixmag.
  5. ^ "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems Of All Time". Capital XTRA.
  6. ^ My Love (UK CD1 liner notes). Kele Le Roc. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue. 1999. 563 609-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  7. ^ My Love (The Mixes) (UK CD2 liner notes). Kele Le Roc. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1999. 563 611-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ My Love (The Mixes) (Japanese CD single liner notes). Kele Le Roc. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1999. POCP-7385.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ^ My Love (UK cassette single sleeve). Kele Le Roc. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue Records. 1999. 563 608-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  10. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 14. 3 April 1999. p. 17. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Kele Le Roc – My Love". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  15. ^ a b c "Dance Charts" (PDF). Music Week. 22 January 2000. p. 32. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  16. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting 15 March, 1999: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 13 March 1999. p. 27. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  17. ^ "マイ・ラブ | ケレ・ル・ロック" [My Love | Kele Le Roc] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 7 October 2023.