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'{{About||the film|I Melt with You (film)}} {{refimprove|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox single | | Name = I Melt with You | Cover = IMeltWithYou.jpg | Artist = [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]] | from Album = [[After the Snow]] | B-side = | Released = May 4th, 1982 | Format = [[7"]], [[CD Single]] | Recorded = 1982 | Genre = [[New wave music|New wave]], [[post-punk]] | Length = 3:54<br/>4:10<br/>4:38 | Label = [[4AD]], [[Sire Records|Sire]], [[TVT Records|TVT]] | Writer = Modern English (Robbie Grey, Gary McDowell, Richard Brown, Michael Conroy, Stephen Walker)<ref name="imeltwithyouwriters">{{cite web|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=669528&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID|title=BMI Repertoire Search|publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]]|accessdate=2015-07-27}}</ref> | Producer = [[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]] | Certification = | Last single = "Life in the Gladhouse"<br/>(1982) | This single = "'''I Melt with You'''"<br/>(1982) | Next single = "Someone's Calling"<br />(1983) | Misc = }} "'''I Melt with You'''" is a song by the British [[post-punk]]/[[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Modern English (band)|Modern English]]. The song, produced by [[Hugh Jones (producer)|Hugh Jones]], was a single from the 1982 album ''[[After the Snow]]''. ==Reception== The song reached No. 7 on Billboard's [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Top Tracks]] chart and No. 78 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/311622/modern-english/chart |title=Modern English - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=2014-03-15}}</ref> The song gained popularity due to its airplay on [[MTV]] in early 1983 and its use in the ending titles and in a "falling in love" [[Montage (film making)|montage sequence]] in ''[[Valley Girl (film)|Valley Girl]]'' the same year. It is ranked No. 39 on VH1's 100 greatest songs of the 80's and No. 7 on VH1's ''100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s''. ==Subsequent recordings== The band re-recorded it in 1990 for their album ''Pillow Lips'', the re-released version peaking at No. 76 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The reformed original line up of the band re-recorded it again in 2010 in a completely reworked style for inclusion in the movie [[I Melt with You (film)|''I Melt With You'']]. ==Meaning of lyrics== According to vocalist Robbie Grey, the song is about a couple having sex as nuclear bombs fall.<ref>Interview with vocalist Robbie Grey on ''Valley Girl'' 20th anniversary DVD special features, MGM Home Entertainment, 2003.</ref> ==External links== *[http://www.modernenglish.me Official Web Site] * {{MetroLyrics song|modern-english|i-melt-with-you}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider --> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:I Melt With You}} [[Category:1982 singles]] [[Category:1983 singles]] [[Category:1990 singles]] [[Category:Modern English (band) songs]] [[Category:1982 songs]] [[Category:Songs about sexuality]] [[Category:4AD singles]] [[Category:TVT Records singles]] [[Category:Sire Records singles]]'