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The Troggs

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“Love Is All Around” is a song composed by Reg Presley and performed by The Troggs. Purportedly inspired by a television transmission of the Joy Strings Salvation Army band, the song was first released as a single in the UK in October 1967, peaking at No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. It reached No. 7 on the Hot 100 chart in the US on 18 May 1968. 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... Read on...

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More songs by The Troggs (See Charts): With A Girl Like You, I Can'T Control Myself, Lazy Weekend, The Raver, Love Is All Around, and Wild Thing.

Popular in Rock (See Charts): Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway To Heaven, Beat It, Give In To Me, Wherever You Will Go, Stigmatized, Nothing'S Changed, Hotel California, Imagine, and Nothing Else Matters.

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