Show Me Love

"Show Me Love" is a song by Swedish singer and songwriter Robyn. It was first released in Sweden in 1997 as a single from the international edition of her debut studio album, Robyn Is Here (1995). The song is her fourth Swedish, third UK, and second US single. Robyn wrote it with Max Martin, who also produced the song with Denniz Pop. It is sometimes confused with Robin S.'s 1993 single "Show Me Love" because of identical song titles and similar first names; however, the two songs are not related. Kevin Bray directed the music video for "Show Me Love". History In her home country of Sweden, "Show Me Love" became Robyn's fourth hit, peaking at number 14, lower than "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)", which both went top 10. In the United States, the single peaked at number seven, her second consecutive top 10 hit. In December 1997, the single received a gold certification from the RIAA in recognition of 500,000 copies sold in the US. It was Robyn's last top-10 hit and remains her last charting single on the Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "Show Me Love" became Robyn's first of two top-20 hits from Robyn Is Here and her first top-10 hit, peaking at number eight; it was Robyn's fourth biggest hit, with 113,000 sales and 1.22 million audio streams according to the Official Charts Company. In 2008, a re-recorded version of the song appeared on the special edition of Robyn's eponymous album. Critical reception Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as a "far more seductive tone of this jeep-pop confection" than her earlier hit single, "Do You Know (What It Takes)". He noted that Robyn "proves her capability to handle a meaty tune with a respectable degree of soul. She tweaks the song's ear-grabbing chorus and muscular bassline with subtle improvisations and an assertive edge that impresses." In an retrospective review, Can't Stop the Pop felt that on the song "she's dropping her guard and committing herself to a teen-pop romance". They added that the chorus is "spectacularly catchy". British magazine Music Week gave "Show Me Love" five out of five, naming it the "strongest track" from the album, "[that] should launch her as a serious contender for the swingbeat crown in '98."