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NME ranked "Love Me" at number 5 on their year-end list; Emily Barker commended the lyrics, wordplay and themes, while noting the song mines "Fame"-era David Bowie, Talking Heads and INXS. [36] Andy Gill of The Independent said "Love Me" is the 1975's "gauche take on Talking Heads' preppy funk-pop". [17]
The song struck a chord with listeners in the sexually liberated 1970s when Johns released it. The popularity of the song is also reflective of the vansploitation films of the period. The original 1973 version is featured in the 1977 film The Van. On May 5, 1975, the song was certified gold by the RIAA. [4] The song is Johns' only hit.
"The 1975" is the opening song on the 1975's fourth album, Notes on a Conditional Form. [8] Healy initially said that the band were choosing between three songs to release on 31 May 2019 as the lead single of the album. [25] However, "The 1975" was the first song to be released, on 24 July 2019, and the lead single "People" debuted on 22 August.
Getty Images (2) As if Taylor Swift fans needed more to theorize about, her new album might include a few callbacks to Matty Healy‘s band, The 1975. Swift, 34, dropped The Tortured Poets ...
Antonio Harris of Soundigest opined that the music video for "TooTimeTooTimeTooTime" suited the song's technology-themed lyrics, saying: "The song is all about communications among the online age, and [t]he 1975's fan base represents this perfectly." [38] Alessandra Rincón of Billboard praised the colourful backdrops of the visual. [43]
Prior to its release, the 1975 debuted "Guys" in Nottingham, England, on 15 February 2020, the opening night of their Music for Cars Tour in the UK. The band performed the song in front of archival footage displaying clips from their youth and formative years together. [28] A music video for "Guys" was released on 21 May 2020.
A music video for the song was released on 23 April 2020. Directed by Adam Powell, the video features black and white visuals of The 1975 performing in front of a brick wall. It was well received by critics, who praised the simplicity and references to The 1975's early music videos.
Contemporary reviewers praised the song's lyrics, its sampling of the Temptations and sonic experimentation. Commercially, the song reached number 11 on the US Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, number 14 on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart, number 56 on the UK Singles Chart and number 67 in Ireland. A music video for the song was ...