About this song
- Kylie Minogue has recorded two different songs with the same name "Love at First Sight" 1. The first song is the tenth and last song on the standard edition of her debut studio album "Kylie" (1988); 2. The second song is the second song and third single of her eighth studio album "Fever" (2001). (About the song from Fever) "Love at First Sight" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue, taken from her eighth studio album Fever. It was written by Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes and Martin Harrington. It was produced by Richard "Biff" Stannard and Julian Gallagher. The song was recorded in Dublin, Ireland at the Biffco Studios. Stannard also contributes backing vocals to the song. It was announced by Parlophone that "Love at First Sight" would become the third single from the album, but the second for the United States and Canada and the previous single "In Your Eyes" would only get a club release there. Musically, "Love at First Sight" is a fast-paced dance-oriented song. According to many sources, the song incorporates many elements of europop, dance-pop and disco influences. According to MusicNotes.com, which was published by EMI Music Publishing, the song is written the key note of G Major. In vocal range, Minogue's vocals span from the key note of B3 to the key note of D5, while the piano range spans from the key note of C2 to the note of D5. The song is set in a moderately fast paced dance song with a tempo of 126 beats per minute. According to the website, the songs composition is set as a pop and dance song. Jason Thompson from PopMatters said the song "opens itself up to the listener with a sexy as hell melody and is one of the sexiest, funkiest classic disco songs that never was... until now". Jacqueline Hodges from BBC Music compared the song to Modjo. Parlophone had released the single in the United Kingdom in 10 June 2002 as the third single. They released it through Ireland as well. Warner Music Group later released the single in Australia as a digital download, while Mushroom released the single physically in Australia and New Zealand. With the success of the single, "Love at First Sight" was released in the United States and Canada by Capitol in 2002. A digital download was released as well. Parlophone released it through the United Kingdom and Ireland. Capitol released the single through the United States and Canada as the Ruff & Jam US Radio Mix as its lead single version. . The single was later released by EMI in the rest of Europe. Warner Music Group released the digital download in Australia with remixes and the single, however, Warner Music didn't additionally released the digital single in New Zealand, as a result only receiving the single physically or through Kylie's 2002 album Fever. The US remix was released online in the United States the same year, then released the single through Canada. It additionally got released in the United Kingdom the following. The artwork of the single is taken from a photo shoot for Minogue's LoveKylie underwear range. It features Minogue nude against a blue background with her name nor the single's name present, resulting in a sticker being on the front cover. This version was released in most territories. In some territories, a different version was released featuring Kylie resting against a supported glass in red lighting. The US and Canadian single featured Kylie wearing a pink t-shirt. A vinyl-single was also released. "Love at First Sight" was met with positive reviews from music critics, praising the songs production and lyrical content. The song received chart success worldwide; when it was released in the UK, the song debuted at #2, and spending a total of twelve weeks in the Top 75, and was also certified Silver for shipments of at least 200,000 copies and sold 183,810 copies. It also became Minogue's third consecutive release to top the UK radio airplay charts. The song received 3,116 plays in one week, breaking the record that she held previously with "Can't Get You Out of My Head". Outside of the UK, the song was also very successful. It reached the Top 10 in Spain, Israel, Hong Kong, Poland, Canada, Hungary & Ireland as well as in many other countries while in Minogue's home country of Australia, the song debuted at #3 on the singles chart. It was certified gold in Australia for sales of over 35,000. The song peaked at number nine in New Zealand, being certificated Gold and shipping over 7500 copies to the country. Due to favorable reception, "Love at First Sight" was released in the United States with a different arrangement mixed by duo Ruff & Jam. Minogue had previously found success on the Billboard Hot 100 with "The Loco-Motion" in 1988 (#3) and "Can't Get You Out of My Head" in 2001 (#7). "Love at First Sight" became her second consecutive release to reach the Top 40 on the Billboard charts, reaching #23. It also performed very well on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where it became — lastfm
- "Love at First Sight" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eighth studio album Fever (2001). It was written and produced by Richard "Biff" Stannard and Julian Gallagher, with additional writing by Minogue, Ash Howes, and Martin Harrington. The song was released as the third single from Fever on 3 June 2002 by Festival Mushroom, Parlophone and Capitol Records. — wikipedia
