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Idioms: love at first sight
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An instantaneous attraction to someone or something. For example, With Peter and Constance, it was a case of love at first sight, or When Dave saw that car, it was love at first sight. This expression was already used by Chaucer for romantic attraction in Troilus and Cressida: "She loved right from the first sight." The transfer to objects dates from the first half of the 1900s.

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"The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight." - Natalie Clifford Barney

"Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?" - Christopher Marlowe

"I do not think that what is called Love at first sight is so great an absurdity as it is sometimes imagined to be. We generally make up our minds beforehand to the sort of person we should like, grave or gay, black, brown, or fair; with golden tresses or raven locks; -- and when we meet with a complete example of the qualities we admire, the bargain is soon struck." - William Hazlitt

Wikipedia: Love at First Sight (Kylie Minogue song)
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This article is about the Kylie Minogue song. For the phenomenon about love, see Love at first sight.
"Love at First Sight"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Fever
B-side "Baby"
Released June 10, 2002 (2002-06-10)(UK)
Format CD single: Worldwide
Vinyl single: United Kingdom
Recorded 2001
Dublin, Ireland
Genre Dance-pop, House, Nu-Disco[1]
Length 3:59 (Album Version)
3:49 (Video/US Radio Mix)
Label Parlophone, Capitol, Mushroom
Writer(s) Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes, Martin Harrington
Producer Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher
Certification Gold (Australia)
Silver (BPI)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"In Your Eyes"
(2002)		 "Love at First Sight"
(2002)		 "Fever"
(2002)
Kylie Minogue American singles chronology
"Can't Get You out of My Head"
(2002)		 "Love at First Sight"
(2002)		 "Come into My World"
(2003)
Music video
"Love At First Sight" at YouTube (requires Adobe Flash)

"Love at First Sight" is a dance-pop song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue from her album Fever. The song was written by Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ash Howes and Martin Harrington, and produced by Stannard and Gallagher. The song was released as the third single from the Fever album in the summer of 2002, where it became Minogue's twenty-fourth Top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. The song was also nominated for the 2002 Grammy Awards in the category "Best Dance Recording", providing Minogue with her first Grammy nomination. It also won the MTV Europe Music Award for "Best Pop" in 2002.

It is unrelated to her previous recording of "Love at First Sight" from her debut album Kylie (1988).

The song and its music video were used in the 2003 North American music video game DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution.

On 28 December 2008, the song was ranked #634 on VH1 Australia's Top 1000 Party Hits.

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Chart performance

"Love at First Sight" was released in the UK on June 10, 2002, debuting 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 Israel, Hong Kong, Poland, Canada, Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand,and 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.

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 Minogue's second song to reach #1 there. The music video for "Love at First Sight" was shot in Dublin, Ireland on May 12, 2002.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Love at First Sight".[2]

International CD single #1
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head" – 4:03
  3. "Baby" – 3:48
  4. "Love at First Sight" music video
International CD single #2
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Club mix) – 9:31
  3. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Vocal edit) – 4:26
Australian CD single
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Can't Get Blue Monday out of My Head" – 4:03
  3. "Baby" – 3:48
  4. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Club mix) – 9:31
  5. "Love at First Sight" (Twin Masterplan mix) – 5:55
  6. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Vocal edit) – 4:26
Vinyl single
  1. "Love at First Sight" – 3:59
  2. "Love at First Sight" (Kid Creme Vocal dub) — 6:27
  3. "Can't Get You out of My Head" – 4:03
  4. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Vocal mix) – 8:54
  5. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast Acappella) – 1:34
Official remixes[3]
  1. "Love at First Sight" (Album edit) – 3:58
  2. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Radio Vocal 7") – 3:38
  3. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam U.S. remix) – 3:38
  4. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Lounge mix) – 4:41
  5. "Love at First Sight" (The Scumfrog's Beauty and the Beast dub) – 8:54
  6. "Love at First Sight" (Kid Creme Vocal-Less dub) – 6:23
  7. "Love at First Sight" (Kid Creme Vocal edit) – 2:35
  8. "Love at First Sight" (David Guetta & Joachim Garraud Dancefloor Killa mix) – 6:26
  9. "Love at First Sight" (Ruff and Jam Radio mix Instrumental) – 3:48
  10. "Love at First Sight" (David Guetta & Joachim Garraud Mekaniko mix) – 6:21

Live Performances

Kylie performed the song on the following concert tours:

The song was also performed on:

Charts

Chart (2002)[4] Peak
position [5]
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 3
Austrian Singles Chart 29
Canadian Singles Chart 5
Danish Singles Chart 6
Dutch Top 40 22
French Singles Chart 33
Finnish Singles Chart 18
Italy FIMI Singles Chart 8
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 9
Romanian Singles Chart 3
Swiss Singles Chart 22
UK Singles Chart 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 23[6]
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 10
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay 4
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 3
European Hot 100 1
Preceded by
"Blame" by
Sono		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
July 20, 2002		 Succeeded by
"The Need to Be Naked" by Amber

Love at First Sight (1988 version)

Kylie has an unrelated song called "Love at First Sight", which is featured on her debut album "Kylie".

Kylie performed this song on her "Enjoy Yourself Tour".

Notes

  1. ^ "Kyle Minogue - Love at First Sight". http://www.discogs.com/Kylie-Love-At-First-Sight/release/625879. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  2. ^ Discography – 2001+. MixKylie.co.uk. Retrieved November 19 2006.
  3. ^ The Minography – Mixes. LiMBO (Kylie.co.uk). Retrieved November 18 2006.
  4. ^ Chart Positions – Fever. SloKylie.com – Slovenian Kylie Page. Retrieved July 20, 2007.
  5. ^ Chart peak positions for Kylie
  6. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales

References

  • "Official Chart History for "Love At First Sight". link.
  • Kylie.com - Official Site. link. Last accessed on March 1, 2006. - Release and chart information.
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Kylie Minogue
Studio albums
Kylie (1988)  · Enjoy Yourself (1989)  · Rhythm of Love (1990)  · Let's Get to It (1991)  · Kylie Minogue (1994)  · Impossible Princess (1997)  · Light Years (2000)  · Fever (2001)  · Body Language (2003)  · X (2007)  · TBA (2010)
Compilations
Remix albums
VHS/DVD releases
Live albums
Intimate and Live (1998)  · Money Can't Buy EP (2004)  · Showgirl (2005) · Showgirl Homecoming Live (2007)
Extended plays
Tours
Disco in Dream/The Hitman Roadshow (1989)  · Enjoy Yourself (1990)  · Rhythm of Love (1991)  · Let's Get to It (1991)  · Intimate and Live (1998)  · On a Night Like This (2001)  · KylieFever2002 (2002)  · Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour (2005)  · Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour (2006–2007)  · KylieX2008 (2008–2009)  · For You, For Me (2009)
Television and film specials
White Diamond (2007) · The Kylie Show (2007)
Notable acting roles
Books
Kylie Evidence  · La La La  · The Showgirl Princess  · K
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Kylie Minogue singles
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Rhythm of Love
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"Can't Get You Out of My Head" · "In Your Eyes" · "Love at First Sight" · "Fever" · "Come Into My World"
Body Language
Ultimate Kylie
X
"2 Hearts" · "Wow" · "In My Arms" · "All I See" · "The One"
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