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“The Book of Love” by The Magnetic Fields
From the album 69 Love Songs, Volume 1 (1999)
“The Book of Love” by The Magnetic Fields appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2022 and 2025. It was first released in 1999 on the album 69 Love Songs, Volume 1. Its best result is #467 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,376 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"The Book of Love" turns up 12 tracks into the first volume of 69 Love Songs, the Magnetic Fields' three-volume concept album of 1999, which spreads 69 so-called love songs across three volumes of 23 apiece. Stephin Merritt, who founded and leads the American indie pop group, wrote it, sings it and produced it, and Merge put it out on September 7, 1999, in all its lo-fi, baroque-pop glory.
When the band played the whole of 69 Love Songs at London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in January 2001, Peter Gabriel came out to join them on it for the encore.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 557 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 895 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2023 | 467 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2025 | 568 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
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