"I Love London" is the second single by English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 electronic

Electronic music

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 band Crystal Fighters

Crystal Fighters

Crystal Fighters are a British electronic band with Spanish influences who formed in London, UK in 2007. Their debut album Star of Love was released on 4 October 2010.-Formation and early years:...

 from their album Star of Love. The single was released on 1 December 2009 through Zirkulo records, to mixed reviews.

Release

The track gained attention from BBC Radio 1, with plays from Nick Grimshaw and Rob da Bank

Rob da Bank

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. "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. The single was featured in Time Out magazines "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. The Delta Heavy

Sasha & John Digweed

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 remix of the track can be heard in the 2009 Michael Caine

Michael Caine

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 action-drama, Harry Brown

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Music video

Mimi Borelli features as the dancer in the video, which was directed by Martin Zahringer.

Track Listing

Reception

The song received mixed reviews. 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

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, as to the disparity between the album on the whole and this particular single, Pringle had the following comment: