"Love Is All Around" is a song recorded by English rock band the Troggs, featuring a string quartet and a 'tick tock' sound on percussion, in D-major. It was written by lead singer Reg Presley and was purportedly inspired by a television transmission of the Joy Strings Salvation Army band's "Love That's All Around". The song was first released as a single in the UK in October 1967, peaking at number 5. On the Hot 100, the record entered at number 98 on 24 February 1968, peaked at number 7 on 18 May 1968, was on the chart a total of 16 weeks, and ranked number 40 for all of 1968.

"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 consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart.

On the UK Singles Chart top 50, the record debuted at number 50 on 18 October 1967 (using the Wednesday date system) (date derived from 21 October 1967 and 28 October 1967), peaked at number 5 on 22 November 1967 (using the Wednesday date system) (date derived from 25 November 1967), and appeared 15 straight times.

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4:12 (TV Mix version)

Wet Wet Wet's version of "Love Is All Around", which has a different introduction from the Troggs' version, was recorded in B-flat-major on 4 January 1994. Released in May, it topped the UK Singles Chart in its third week, fueled by its appearance in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral,. It held the pole position for 15 consecutive weeks, the second longest stay at the top of the British chart, (recently tied by Drake's "One Dance). Only Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" had a longer run at number 1 - 16 weeks.

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