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}} "If This Is Love" is a song performed by English-Irish girl group The Saturdays from their debut studio album, ''Chasing Lights'' (2008). It was co-written by Joe Belmaati, Michaela Breen, Vince Clarke, Mich Hansen, Alison Moyet, John Reid, Remee and Ina Wroldsen. The song was produced by Belmaati in collaboration with Cutfather. The track samples a heavily synthesised backing rhythm from Yazoo's 1982 song "Situation". "If This Is Love" was first released by Fascination and Polydor Records on 27 July 2008 as the lead single from ''Chasing Lights''. It was accompanied by a B-side entitled "What Am I Gonna Do?", written and produced by Duck Blackwell and Paddy Dalton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saturdays, The - If This Is Love (CD, Single) at Discogs )〕 The Saturdays collaborated with Ina Wroldsen on a number of songs; eight were chosen for the album. "If This Is Love" was then released as the first single from it. The song has prominent electropop and dance-pop genre characteristics. It contains lyrical influences from love-hate relationships, the definition of love and its complications that can result in situations of stalking. "If This Is Love" received mainly positive reviews from contemporary music critics. On 3 August 2008, the single debuted and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart with a total of just under 15,000 copies sold in its first week of release. It has since sold a total of 107,000 copies in the United Kingdom to-date. The single also garnered charting success for the group in Europe, where it reached number thirty-three on the European Hot 100 Singles chart. The music video accompanying "If This Love" was directed by Harvey B. Brown and premiered on MSN Video on 16 June 2008. The video features The Saturdays in colourful dresses performing and meeting the paparazzi. "If This Is Love" was performed by The Saturdays as part of their setlist on The Work Tour and as supporting acts on Girls Aloud's Tangled Up Tour and Take That's Take That Present: The Circus Live Tour. The group also performed the single on various television shows, namely: ''Loose Women'', ''GMTV'' and on ''Nickelodeon''. Popjustice included the song in its list of the top hundred and four singles of 2008, ranking it at number forty-five.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Popjustice - The Top 104 Singles Of 2008 )〕 About.com ranked "If This Is Love" in their list of the best dance songs of 2008 at number twenty-eight.〔 == Background == "If This Is Love" was written by Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen, Vince Clarke, Alison Moyet, John Reid, Remee and Ina Wroldsen for the group’s debut album ''Chasing Lights''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="If This Is Love" (2008) )〕 The track samples Yazoo's 1982 single "Situation" (written by Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet) as its heavily synthesised backing rhythm, the difference between the rhythm of "If This Is Love" is that it is in A♭-tune, in comparison to the original's C♭-tune.〔O'Brien, Jon. ("The Saturdays > Biography" ). Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-03-21.〕 The song was produced by Danish producers Joe Belmaati and Cutfather.〔 The song features additional backing vocals from Danish singer Nabiha.〔''Chasing Lights'' (CD liner notes). Fascination Records. 2010-04-15.〕 Belmaati has also been credited for the keyboard and percussion instrumentation in the song, as well as for doing its engineering, mixing and programming.〔 The song was mastered by Dick Beetham, and Graham Archer assisted in its engineering and recording.〔 "If This Is Love" is an upbeat dance-pop, electropop and synthpop song.〔 Its style has also been described by music critics as "obligatory fluffy summery pop", "pure uplifting pop", "an 80's throwback" and "an electro-soul number".〔〔〔〔 The song has a feisty and danceable feel to it that would appeal as anthemic to the gay community.〔〔〔 It is 3 minutes and 23 seconds in length.〔 Written in the key of A♭ minor, the beat is set in common time and moves at a mid-tempo 117 beats per minute.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=If This Is Love backing track karaoke - The Saturdays )〕 The song was constructed around a keyboard and percussion arrangement that follows an Am–Em-F chord progression which forms the song's hook.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Saturdays - (If This Is Love tab) )〕 The vocals in the track are auto-tuned.〔 Mollie King sings the response in the first and second verses, a backing vocal during the song's middle 8, and she opens and closes the song with a "Yeah!". Una Healy sings the call in the first verse as well as the bridge to the first and second choruses with Rochelle Wiseman, and some vocals after every chorus. Wiseman sings the bridges to the first and second choruses with Healy, as well as the song's middle 8. Frankie Sandford sings the solo parts in every chorus. Vanessa White sings the call in the second verse as well as backing vocals after the middle 8 and during the final chorus. The song lyrics refer to love-hate relationships, the definition of love and its complications that can lead to situations of stalking. Healy elaborates: Healy also elaborated on how excited the group were about releasing "If This Is Love": () Getting our first single out there is going to be amazing. We've been working hard for a long time now and we want to show everyone what we're all about and what we can do. We're ready for it!〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=May « 2008 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「If This Is Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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