Peter Gabriel - The Book Of Love (Extended Mollem Studios Version)

"The Book of Love" is a song written by Stephin Merritt and attributed to The Magnetic Fields, an American indie pop group founded and led by him. "The Book of Love" appears on Magnetic Fields' three-volume concept album 69 Love Songs, which contains 69 tracks described as "love songs", 23 tracks in each of the three volumes. The three-volume album was released in 1999, with "the Book of Love" appearing in volume 1 as track number 12. It was covered by the American indie band The Airborne Toxic Event in the live album All I Ever Wanted: Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring Calder Quartet. The live recording was released on Island Def Jam Records.
The Croatian musicians 2Cellos recorded an instrumental version on their album In2ition.
When the Magnetic Fields appeared at London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in January 2001 to play their album 69 Love Songs in its entirety, they were joined by Peter Gabriel for an encore of "The Book of Love". He later recorded his own cover of the song for the soundtrack of the 2004 romantic comedy film Shall We Dance? His cover has since been featured in film and television, such as in the Scrubs episode "My Finale" and the South Park episode "Tweek x Craig".
Gabriel's version appeared on his 2010 album Scratch My Back. Gabriel originally intended to release Scratch My Back and And I'll Scratch Yours simultaneously. However, as completion of the latter dragged out, it was instead decided to release a series of double A-sided singles with one song from each album every new full moon during 2010 on iTunes. The first of such singles was Gabriel's cover of "The Book of Love", together with Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt's cover of Gabriel's song "Not One of Us". It was released on 30 January 2010, on the day of January 2010's full moon.
On April 17, 2010, "The Book of Love" / "Not One of Us" as well as the follow-ups "Flume" / "Come Talk to Me" were released on 7" vinyl to independent record stores
LYRICS
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts, and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me.
And you
You can read me anything.
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it's just transcendental
Some of it's just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me
Wedding rings

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LYRICS
The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts, and figures
And instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me.
And you
You can read me anything.
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it's just transcendental
Some of it's just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me
Wedding rings

[@AlexBocelli63]

❤

[@tinmek]

Beyond wonderful, the words are the beauty

[@hildaarredondo7917]

MARAVILLOSO 😍🫂🇦🇷

[@modernfloosie]

I’m not crying, you’re crying… 😢

[@lilomarquardt622]

Man kann auch sagen du bist der Beste Musiker und Künstler der Welt ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidgabbitas9288]

What a guy the master of music is superb

[@lilomarquardt622]

Ich liebe deine Stimme du toller Musiker und Künstler der Musik ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤was für ein wunderschönes Lied ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@elyquezada7244]

Hermosa música..me encanta la voz ❤

[@DubFabian]

🖤 Big

[@hildaarredondo7917]

Lo puedo escuchar mil veces !!!!!! ❤️🇦🇷🙏✨

[@LuisDiaz-sd7qd]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😮😮😮Very Thanks Pedro Gabriel 😊😊😅😅😅😅

[@ChirlecorreaAziz]

Belíssima música amo ❤

[@rwelter1]

The book of love lives in us all. We just have to learn to read it ❤❤❤❤❤

[@modirimaile2656]

I like the ext its sounds good

[@cirenala8677]

😢 hits different after you've experienced it 🧡

[@SharonEllard]

Peter I lost my Nanna's book of love I'm 😢sad can you help me Peter find it Sir please I miss it it's magical😅❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hildaarredondo7917]

❤️✨🫂🇦🇷

[@SharonEllard]

❤❤❤

[@veronicagauna7939]

❤

[@tinmek]

So much more than just being a beautiful song

[@anthonyv9324]

Scrubs finale brought me here.

[@waynesaunders4599]

Shall we dance brought me here

[@kirkwatson1442]

Melanie ❤, never boring.❤u

[@DavidGoodings-sw4vm]

Scrubs also

[@kirkwatson1442]

Look!,over ther...its,solsbury hill...❤

[@kirkwatson1442]

Mel...

[@kirkwatson1442]

Its always...Mercy street...

[@kirkwatson1442]

Hope phil is ok...

[@kirkwatson1442]

Of...me