Love Me (The 1975 song)
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| Single by The 1975 | ||||
| from the album I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it | ||||
| Released | 8 October 2015 | |||
| Format | Digital download | |||
| Genre | Funk rock | |||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Dirty Hit | |||
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| Producer(s) | Mike Crossey | |||
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"Love Me" is a song by the English rock band The 1975, released as the lead single from their second album, I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it through Dirty Hit on 8 October 2015.
According to Matthew Healy, the band's vocalist, the song was born out of confusion in response to the band's success. He spoke on the song's genesis to Billboard:
The song has been compared to "Fame" by David Bowie, as well as "Burning Down the House" by Talking Heads.
The song debuted on BBC Radio 1 on 8 October 2015 as Annie Mac's "Hottest Record in the World". The group performed the song alongside "The Sound" on their appearance on Saturday Night Live on 6 February 2016.
"Love Me" has received positive reviews. Matthew Horton of NME wrote that the song "fizzes with overweening confidence, fitting for a song Healy says is about narcissism." Nick Williams at Billboard dubbed it "an impressive coming-of-age shift" and a "spirited step away from the radio-friendly teen rock of its debut." Brennan Carley of Spin's response was favorable: "A track that wouldn’t be out of place on any Neon Indian record, albeit with more heavily U.K.-accented vocals, "Love Me" shows the band loosening their grip on accomplishing much of anything beyond the sprawling, joyous fun of making good tunes."
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