Everyday I Love You Less and Less explained

Everyday I Love You Less and Less
Cover:Everyday_I_Love_You_Less_and_Less.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Kaiser Chiefs
Album:Employment
B-Side:The Letter Song
Released:[1]
Genre:New wave[2]
Length:3:37
Label:B-Unique
Producer:Stephen Street
Prev Title:Oh My God
Prev Year:2005
Next Title:I Predict a Riot
Next Title2:Sink that Ship
Next Year:2005

"Everyday I Love You Less and Less" is a song by English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. It is the opening track on their first album, Employment (2005), and was released on the B-Unique label as the album's third single (not counting re-issues) on 16 May 2005. The song peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, their second top-10 single of the year. Outside the UK, the song peaked at number 52 in the Netherlands.

Background

Singer Ricky Wilson described the song as a "hate ballad" and added, "Usually bands release for their third single a love ballad but we decided to do the opposite. It's for anyone who's ever split up with someone and they don't leave you alone. ... I was describing that song the other day, you think it's going to be quite bouncy but it's actually as negative as you can be!"[3]

Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian wrote that the Kaiser Chiefs had been labeled as has-beens by 2003-2004, and they were desperate to build a fanbase to impress record labels: "The need to make an impression while bottom of the bill in a tiny venue explains all the ohhhhhhs and nanananas and oft-repeated choruses that set up shop in the listener's brain after the first listen."[4]

Music video

The music video was directed by Tim Pope. It features the band wearing skeleton costumes.[5]

Track listings

UK CD1[6]

  1. "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" (Spike Stent remix)
  2. "Another Number" (the Cribs cover)

UK CD2 and Australasian CD single[7] [8]

  1. "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" (Spike Stent remix)
  2. "Seventeen Cups"
  3. "Not Surprised"
  4. "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" (video)

UK 7-inch picture disc[9]

A. "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" (Spike Stent remix)

B. "The Letter Song"

European CD single[10]

  1. "Everyday I Love You Less and Less" (Spike Stent remix)
  2. "Take My Temperature" (live at Pinkpop
  3. "Modern Way" (live at Pinkpop)

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. New Releases: Singles. Music Week. 31. 14 May 2005.
  2. Web site: The Kaiser Chiefs make a riot in Vancouver | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 29 March 2012. The Georgia Straight.
  3. Web site: Kaiser Chiefs interview. Webb. Rob. BBC. 14 April 2005. 11 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Tough at the top. Lynskey. Dorian. The Guardian. 23 September 2005. 14 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less (Official Video). www.youtube.com.
  6. Everyday I Love You Less and Less. Kaiser Chiefs. 2005. UK CD1 liner notes. B-Unique Records. BUN094CD.
  7. Everyday I Love You Less and Less. Kaiser Chiefs. 2005. UK CD2 liner notes. B-Unique Records. BUN094CDX.
  8. Everyday I Love You Less and Less. Kaiser Chiefs. 2005. Australasian CD single liner notes. B-Unique Records. 9872710.
  9. Everyday I Love You Less and Less. Kaiser Chiefs. 2005. UK 7-inch picture disc sleeve. B-Unique Records. BUN094-7.
  10. Everyday I Love You Less and Less. Kaiser Chiefs. 2005. European CD single liner notes. B-Unique Records. 9872872.
  11. Web site: End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2005. Official Charts Company. 2 January 2020.