"
Love Is All Around" is a song composed by
Reg Presley and originally performed by Presley's band,
The Troggs, in D-major in 1967. Purportedly inspired by a television transmission of the Joy Strings
Salvation Army band's "Love That's All Around",
[1][2] the song was first released as a single in the UK in October 1967. On the
UK Singles Chart, the record debuted at No.50 on 18 October 1967, peaked at No.5 on 22 November 1967, and spent 15 weeks on chart. On the US
Billboard Hot 100, the record entered at No.98 on 24 February 1968, peaking at No.7 on 18 May 1968, and spending a total of 16 weeks on the chart. This version features a string quartet and a 'tick tock' sound on percussion.
"Love is All Around" has been
covered by numerous artists, including
R.E.M., with whom the Troggs subsequently recorded their 1992 comeback album
Athens Andover. R.E.M.'s cover was a B-side on their 1991 "
Radio Song" single, and they also played it during their first appearance at MTV's
Unplugged series that same year.
Wet Wet Wet's cover, for the soundtrack to the 1994 film
Four Weddings and a Funeral, was an international hit and spent 15 weeks at number one in the
UK Singles Chart.
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