My Love (Kele Le Roc song) explained

My Love
Cover:	My Love Kele Le Roc cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Kele Le Roc
Album:	Everybody's Somebody
Genre:	UK garage (remixes)
Length:	3:56
Label:	Polydor Wildcard 1st Avenue
Producer:	Bradley Spalter Robbie Nevil
Prev Title:	Little Bit of Lovin'
Prev Year:	1998
Next Title:	Thinking of You
Next Year:	2000

"My Love" is a song by British singer Kele Le Roc. It was released on 15 March 1999 as the second single from her debut album, Everybody's Somebody. Like her previous single "Little Bit of Lovin'", the song peaked at 8 on the UK Singles Chart, and it also peaked at No. 48 in New Zealand in January 2001. In 1999, the song won a MOBO Award for Best Single. Several remixes of the song became underground hits in the UK.

Remixes

Two garage remixes by 10º Below were underground hits in the UK garage scene in 1999: the 10º Below Vocal Mix and 10º Below Dub Mix. In 2008, a new set of remixes was released on Ice Cream Records titled "My Love (So Good)", featuring mixes by 10º Below, J-Sweet, and X-Men. The Paul Masterson remix was a hit on the London club scene in the early 2000s.

In 2018, the House & Garage Orchestra together with Le Roc recorded an orchestral version of the 10° Below Vocal Mix for the UK garage covers album Garage Classics.

Impact and legacy

"My Love" won the MOBO Award for Best Single in 1999.^[1] In November 2016, UK duo Gorgon City compiled a list of their top UK garage songs for Billboard, with "My Love (10º Below Mix)" at No. 17.^[2] In September 2019, NME included the 10º Below Mix of "My Love" in their "25 essential UK garage anthems" list.^[3] Mixmag included the 10º Below Mix of "My Love" in their list of "16 of the Best Uplifting Vocal Garage Tracks".^[4] Capital Xtra included the 10º Below Mix in their list of "The Best Old-School Garage Anthems of All Time".^[5]

Track listings

UK CD1^[6]

1. "My Love" (7-inch Rude Boy edit) – 3:53
2. "Forlorn – 5:03
3. "Little Bit of Lovin'" (live from the Criterion) – 3:37

UK CD2 and Japanese CD single (The Mixes)^{[7] [8]}

1. "My Love" (7-inch Rude Boy edit) – 3:56
2. "My Love" (Ignorants edit) – 3:43
3. "My Love" (M!s Lush vocal edit) – 4:12
4. "My Love" (Paul Masterson club mix) – 7:33

UK cassette single^[9]

1. "My Love" (7-inch Rude Boy edit) – 3:56
2. "Forlorn – 5:03

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
UK Club Chart (Music Week)^[11]	37
UK Pop (Music Week)	13
UK Urban (Music Week)	18

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)
United Kingdom	15 March 1999			^[12]
Japan	21 April 1999	CD		^[13]

Notes and References

1. Web site: MOBO Awards 1999. MOBO Organisation. 22 July 2021.
2. The 31 Best UK Garage Songs Ever. November 22, 2016. Billboard.
3. Web site: The best UK garage tracks of all time. . September 16, 2019.
4. Web site: 16 of the best uplifting vocal garage tracks. Mixmag.
5. Web site: The Best Old-School Garage Anthems Of All Time. Capital XTRA.
6. My Love. Kele Le Roc. 1999. UK CD1 liner notes. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue. 563 609-2.
7. My Love (The Mixes). Kele Le Roc. 1999. UK CD2 liner notes. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue Records. 563 611-2.
8. My Love (The Mixes). Kele Le Roc. 1999. Japanese CD single liner notes. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue Records. POCP-7385.
9. My Love. Kele Le Roc. 1999. UK cassette single sleeve. Polydor Records, Wildcard Records, 1st Avenue Records. 563 608-4.
10. Eurochart Hot 100 Singles. Music & Media. 16. 14. 17. 3 April 1999. 30 September 2020.
11. Dance Charts. Music Week. 32. 22 January 2000. 24 April 2022.
12. New Releases – For Week Starting 15 March, 1999: Singles. Music Week. 27. 13 March 1999. 19 July 2021.
13. Web site: マイ・ラブ ケレ・ル・ロック. My Love Kele Le Roc. Oricon. ja. 7 October 2023.