| I Love London | |
| Cover: | I Love London.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Crystal Fighters |
| Album: | Star of Love |
| Genre: | Electronic |
| Label: | Zirkulo |
| Producer: | Crystal Fighters |
| Prev Title: | Xtatic Truth |
| Prev Year: | 2009 |
| Next Title: | In The Summer |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
"I Love London" is the second single by English electronic band Crystal Fighters from their album Star of Love. The single was released on 1 December 2009 through Zirkulo records, to mixed reviews.
The track gained attention from BBC Radio 1, with plays from Nick Grimshaw and Rob da Bank.[1] [2] "I Love London" was featured in Mixmag's Top 100 Records of 2008, placing at number 91; this being particularly notable due to this being the only song in the list to have been unreleased at the time.[3] [4] The single was featured in Time Out magazine's "50 best London songs", coming in at number 49, with a justification as follows: The release was again licensed to Kitsuné and this time included in their Maison 8 compilation album.[5] The Delta Heavy remix of the track can be heard in the 2009 Michael Caine action-drama, Harry Brown.[6]
Mimi Borrelli (former member of Crystal Fighters) features as the dancer in the video, which was directed by Martin Zahringer.[7]
The song received mixed reviews. The Guardian (2011) commented:
'I Love London, while as silly ("Willesden! Harlesden! Watford Junction!") as anything here, has charm' https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/11/crystal-fighters-star-of-love-review
In his review of the original album release, Benjamin Hiorns of online music magazine Subba-Cultcha commented that:
When asked in an interview by Josh Holliday, of Virgin Media, as to the disparity between the album on the whole and this particular single, Pringle had the following comment: