"Gimme All Your Love" is a song performed by American rock band Alabama Shakes, issued as the second single from the band's second studio album Sound & Color. Co-produced by the band and written by lead singer Brittany Howard,[1] the song peaked at #36 on the Billboard rock chart.[2] The band performed the song live on television for the first time on February 28, 2015, on Saturday Night Live.[3][4][5]

"Gimme All Your Love"
Single by Alabama Shakes
from the album Sound & Color
Released2015 (2015)
Genre
Length4:03
Label
Songwriter(s)Brittany Howard[1]
Producer(s)
Alabama Shakes singles chronology
"Don't Wanna Fight"
(2015)
"Gimme All Your Love"
(2015)
"Future People"
(2015)
Music video
"Gimme All Your Love" on YouTube

Critical reception edit

FDRMX magazine described the song as "sheer musical bliss deriving from the innermost corners of the soul".[6]

In 2016, song's engineer Shawn Everett, won the Canadian Juno Awards for Recording Engineer of the Year for it.

Music video edit

At the time of the album release, no official music video was created for the song. However, a video featuring the song's audio became available in February 2015.[7] On April 5, 2016, Alabama Shakes choose the video submitted by Marie Laure Blancho and Larry Ismail out of the 101 videos submitted from 26 countries as the official video.[8][1][9]

Chart positions edit

Chart (2015)[2] Peak
position
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs (Billboard)[10] 36
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[11] 25

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (Vinyl, LP, LP, Album) at Discogs". Discogs. Zink Media. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Alabama Shakes | Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "Alabama Shakes Debut New Song On 'Saturday Night Live' / 102.1 The Edge". KDGE. iHeartMedia. March 2, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Navaroli, Joel. "SNL Archives / Episodes / 02.28.2015 #13". SNL Archives. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  5. ^ Minsker, Evan (March 1, 2015). "Alabama Shakes Perform "Gimme All Your Love" and "Don't Wanna Fight" on "Saturday Night Live" | News | Pitchfork". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  6. ^ "Alabama Shakes: 'Gimme All Your Love' Single Review". FDRMX. March 3, 2015. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Alabama Shakes (February 25, 2015). "Alabama Shakes - Gimme All Your Love (Official Audio) - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "Alabama Shakes". Genero. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  9. ^ "Music Video - Alabama Shakes - Gimme All Your Love". Baeble Music. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  10. ^ "Alabama Shakes Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  11. ^ "Alabama Shakes Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved December 30, 2017.

External links edit