Love Today

Infobox Single
Name = Love Today

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Artist = Mika
from Album = Life in Cartoon Motion
Released = April 16, 2007 (Digital release)
April 23, 2007 (Physical release)
August 27, 2007 (French physical release)
August 21, 2008 (The Netherlands)
Format = Digital download, CD
Recorded = 2006
Genre = Power pop
Pop rock
Length = 3:57 (Album version)3:25 (Radio edit)
Label = Island
Writer = Mika
Producer = Greg Wells
Last single = "Lollipop"
(2007)
This single = "Love Today"
(2007)
Next single = "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)"
(2007)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Mika Australian singles
Type = single
Last single = "Grace Kelly"
(2007)
This single = "Love Today"
(2007)
Next single = "Happy Ending"
(2007) Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = EP cover

"Love Today" is the third single released by London-based singer Mika, taken from his album "Life in Cartoon Motion".

It was released in the United Kingdom on 16 April 2007 as a digital download, with the official CD release on 23 April 2007 and it has since peaked at number 6.cite web|title=Mika: 'Love Today'|author=Levine, Nick|date=2007-03-20|publisher=Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a44150/mika-love-today.html]

The single was released in Australia on 23 July 2007,cite web|title=Mika: Herald Sun HiT|publisher=Herald Sun|url=http://www.heraldsunhit.com.au/artist/mika_49159.html] and was used Austereo radio station network advertising.

On December 6, 2007, it was announced that the song won Mika a nomination for Best Dance Recording for the 50th Grammy Awards to be held in Los Angeles in 2008.

This song was #98 on "MTV Asia"'s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. [MTV Asia. [http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/MTVTop100Hits2007/top100.html "Top 100 Hits List"] . Retrieved 2007-12-27]

This song was used in a teaser trailer for the upcoming movie, "New York, I Love You"

Part of this song was also played in the opening of an episode of the show "Best Week Ever".

It was also used as the Station ID for Star World, replacing Tata Young's "Come Rain Come Shine".

On the January 9th, 2008 broacast of ABC's Cashmere Mafia, the single served as background music in the opening of the episode.

On July 14, 2008 the song was used for introducing all 80 contestants of "The Miss Universe 2008 Pageant".

Released as the sixth single off of "Life in Cartoon Motion", "Love Today" was released on August 21, 2008, in The Netherlands. It has so far peaked at #31 in the Dutch Top 40.

Track listings

CD single
# "Love Today" – 3:57
# "The Only Lonely One" (demo)
# "Billy Brown" (acoustic)
# "Love Today" (Switch remix) – 5:41

7" Single
# "Love Today"
# "Stuck in the Middle" (Acoustic Version)

12" Single
# "Love Today" (Switch Remix)
# "Love Today" (Rob Mello's No Ears Vocal Remix)
# "Love Today" (Rob Mello's No Ears Dub Remix)

DVD single
# "Love Today" (music video) – 3:57
# "Grace Kelly" (music video) – 3:08
# "Love Today" – 3:57
# "Grace Kelly" – 3:08
# "Grace Kelly" (Tom Neville dub remix) – 7:08

Official versions
* "UK Radio Edit" – 3:25
* "Album Version" – 3:57
* "Erick Kupper Extended Vocal Mix" - 8:41
* "Erick Kupper Dub" - 6:45
* "Erick Kupper Radio Edit" - 3:44
* "Switch Remix" – 5:41
* "Moto Blanco Radio Edit" – 3:29
* "Moto Blanco Remix" – 7:17
* "Rob Mello's No Ears Vocal Remix" - 6:36
* "Rob Mello's No Ears Dub Remix"" - 7:12
* "Patrick Wolf Remix" – 4:09

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.mikasounds.com Mika's official website]
*myspace|mikamyspace|Mika