Signature
key confidence high · relative F minor · tempo confidence low · double-time 174.8 · low end 15% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate
Character
Not tagged yet. The words are proposed and waiting for a person.
Good for
Nothing yet. The rules need the character words above before they can say.
Lineage
- Covered2Cellossource
- CoveredAna Gasteyersource
- CoveredCatherine A.D.source
- CoveredCheryl Bentynesource
- CoveredDavid Meadsource
- CoveredGavin Jamessource
- CoveredMarissa Nadlersource
- CoveredMike Doughtysource
- CoveredNow It’s Overheadsource
- CoveredPatricia O’Callaghansource
- Written byStephin Merrittsource
- CoveredThe Airborne Toxic Eventsource
- CoveredThe Magnetic Fieldssource
Why it is here
- Peter Gabriel joined the Magnetic Fields onstage at London's Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in January 2001 to perform 'The Book of Love' as an encore before recording his own version. source
- Gabriel's cover was recorded for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Shall We Dance? and later featured on television in the Scrubs finale 'My Finale' and the South Park episode 'Tweek x Craig'. source
- It was released as a double A-side single with Stephin Merritt's own cover of Gabriel's 'Not One of Us', part of a series of singles issued on iTunes every full moon in 2010 from Scratch My Back and And I'll Scratch Yours. source
The full ledger entry: every chart it has been on, where it is live now.