Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around (1994)

I was in a small grocery store in DUMBO (Brooklyn) New York when I heard this song and thought, "Oh, I love this one." I wrote down a few of the lyrics and did an internet search to find the title and the artist. I knew the song but never knew who was responsible.


Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop rock band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The quartet formed at Clydebank High School in Clydebank, Scotland, in 1982, under the name Vortex Motion. "It was either crime, the dole, football, or music - and we chose music," said Cunningham (drums and vocals).


"Love Is All Around" is a song originally composed by Reg Presley and performed by The Troggs in 1968. It has been covered by numerous artists including REM. This version by Wet Wet Wet was released on May 9, 1994. It topped the UK Singles Chart after two weeks and, fueled by its appearance in the film, "Four Weddings and a Funeral", remained there for fifteen consecutive weeks.