Oh Love
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| Single by Green Day | ||||||||||||||
| from the album ¡Uno! | ||||||||||||||
| Released | July 16, 2012 | |||||||||||||
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| Recorded | February 14–June 26, 2012 at Jingletown Studios in Oakland, California | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Power pop | |||||||||||||
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"Oh Love" is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the lead single from their ninth studio album, ¡Uno!, on July 16, 2012, through Reprise Records, and an EP of the song was released on August 14, 2012. It was recorded at Jingletown Studios from February 14 to June 26, 2012; however, it was also played at a secret show held by the band in 2011.
Critical response to the song was mixed; it was praised for its musical style and tone, as well as criticized for being "middle-ground". It appeared on multiple charts worldwide upon its debut. The song made its debut in the number-one position on the US Rock Songs chart, making it the band's first song, and the third ever in history, to do so.
The song was played at a "secret show" performed by the band on October 28, 2011, where the band also performed other songs that are on the track listing of ¡Uno!: "Let Yourself Go" and "Carpe Diem" Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone praised the band's performance while also writing, "Other new music included the blistering Ramones-tinged 'Let Yourself Go' ('Shut your mouth 'cause you're talking too much and I don't give a fuck anyway'), the driving beat and sing-along chorus of 'Carpe Diem,' and the strut of 'Oh Love'". Green Day went into the studio to begin recording songs for a new album on February 14, 2012. Eventually, the band announced the release of albums ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!. The official confirmation of the song came with the release of the track listing of their album ¡Uno! on June 26, 2012.
Later, on June 25, 2012, the band announced that they would be releasing "Oh Love" as the first single from ¡Uno!. Prior to its release, the band released a teaser-sample of the song in a video uploaded to YouTube. The 16-second video consists of the cover art of ¡Uno! and an advertisement at the bottom with a snippet of the song played in the background, and at the end shows the head of Armstrong in the cover art, eating the advertisement. The song was released on July 16, 2012 through Reprise Records and along with the release of the song, the band uploaded a video to YouTube which had its lyrics and the full song. On July 20, 2012, an extended play of the song was announced, which was released on August 14, 2012. "Oh Love" was released as part of the "Green Day 03" downloadable content pack for Rock Band 3 and Rock Band Blitz on September 25, 2012.
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