Be My Lover
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- For the La Toya JacksonLa Toya JacksonLa Toya Yvonne Jackson is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, television personality, actress, businesswoman, philanthropist, activist and former model. She is the fifth child of the Jackson family...
album, see "Be My Lover (La Toya Jackson album)".
"Be My Lover" is a 1995 song by the band La Bouche
La Bouche
La Bouche was a Eurodance/Dance-pop duo formed by Frank Farian in Germany in 1994, originally consisting of Melanie Thornton and Lane McCray, scoring two major worldwide hits in the mid-1990s with "Be My Lover" and "Sweet Dreams"....
. It is one of their biggest hits alongside their other major hit "Sweet Dreams
Sweet Dreams (La Bouche song)
"Sweet Dreams " is a 1994 single by the band La Bouche. This song was a major dance hit.This song has been dubbed into several megamix tracks and has had a lot of remix versions of itself...
". This song was dubbed into many megamix tracks and has had remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
versions. It reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
in the United States
United States
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. It also topped the American dance chart
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
for two weeks in December 1995 and hit number one in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
In the media
The song was played in the 1995 Brazilian soap opera A Próxima Vítima, in the 1997 movie Romy and Michele's High School ReunionRomy and Michele's High School Reunion
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, in the 1998 movie A Night at the Roxbury
A Night at the Roxbury
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, in the 1999 movie Earthly Possessions
Earthly Possessions
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, in an episode of the TV sitcom Step By Step. It was also spoofed as "One Zero 001" on the computers-themed episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy
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and used in Audition Online Dance Battle
Audition Online
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as a song. It can be vaguely heard in the background in the "World's Greatest Dick" episode of the 3rd Rock From the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun
3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet...
, in the Gay Bar that Sally and Harry walk into at the beginning of the episode.
In 2003, the song was covered by Hysterie.
Track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Be My Lover".CD maxi 1
CD maxi - U.S.
12" maxi - U.S., UK, Ireland
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12" maxi - Europe
CD maxi - Remixes
CD single / Cassette
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Peak positions
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... Singles Chart |
2 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Belgian (Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... ) Singles Chart |
6 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 10 |
| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
2 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 18 |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 7 |
| German Singles Chart | 1 |
| Irish IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... Singles Chart |
13 |
| Italian FIMI Singles Chart | 2 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 44 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 5 |
| UK Singles chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
27 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 7 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 5 |
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1995) | Position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart | 13 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 28 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 34 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 22 |
| French Singles Chart | 22 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 5 |
| End of year chart (1996) | Position |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 23 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 2 x Platinum | 1995 | 140,000 |
| Austria | Gold | June 20, 1995 | 15,000 |
| France | Silver | September 7, 1995 | 125,000 |
| Germany | Gold | 1995 | 250,000 |
| U.S. | Gold | March 20, 1996 | 500,000 |