Sunday Love

Sunday Love is the second studio album by Canadian singer Fefe Dobson. The album was released digitally on the iTunes Store and to streaming services on December 18, 2012.^[8]

Sunday Love
Studio album by Fefe Dobson
Released	December 18, 2012 (digitally)
Recorded	2004–2006
Genre	Alternative rock pop rock pop punk
Length	42:23
Label	Island
Producer	Ben Grosse Matthew Wilder Howard Benson Tom Lord-Alge Fefe Dobson The Neptunes
Fefe Dobson chronology
Joy (2010) Sunday Love (2012) Emotion Sickness (2023)
Original cover
Singles from Sunday Love
"Don't Let It Go to Your Head" Released: July 12, 2005[1] "This Is My Life" Released: March 28, 2006[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Blender	[4]
ElleGirl	(favorable)[5]
Spin	[6]
Vibe	[7]

Originally slated for release in 2005, the release date was pushed back a number of times by Island Records before its eventual cancellation on the label. The album was released promotionally, and received generally positive reviews from music critics.^[9] After the Island Records release of the album was cancelled, Dobson commented on her Myspace blog, "I always believe everything happens for a reason, and that change is a very good thing."

Background

Dobson began work on Sunday Love during the summer of 2004. The album's fourteen tracks were recorded over an eight-month period in California. Island Records set an initial US release date of September 20, 2005. Neither single released from the album—"Don't Let It Go to Your Head"^[1] or "This Is My Life"^[2]—charted. There is an official music video for "Don't Let It Go to Your Head".^[10]

Another song from the album, "Be Strong", appears on the It's a Boy Girl Thing soundtrack.^[11]

Track listing

^[12]

1. "As a Blonde" (Fefe Dobson, Greg Wells, Shelly Peiken) – 2:49
2. "In the Kissah" (Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Dobson) – 3:09
3. "If I Was a Guy" (Matthew Wilder, Dobson) – 3:20
4. "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" (Josh Alexander, Billy Steinberg, Dobson) – 4:01
5. "Get You Off" (Dobson, Michelle Robin Lewis, Nina Gordon) – 3:50
6. "This Is My Life" (Alexander, Dobson, Steinberg) – 3:49
7. "Scar" (Wilder, Dobson) – 4:03
8. "Miss Vicious" (Dobson, John Lowery aka John 5) – 3:07
9. "Man Meets Boy" (Wilder, Dobson) – 3:28
10. "Get Over Me" (Holly Knight, Dobson) – 3:09
11. "Hole" (Kay Hanley, Lewis, Dobson) – 4:27
12. "The Initiator" (Alexander, Steinberg, Dobson) – 3:39
13. "Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Walton Steven "Wally" Gagel, Peiken, Dobson) – 3:39
14. "Be Strong" (Dobson, Wilder)^[11] – 3:31

Covers

Dobson's "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" is covered by Lilyjets, a Norwegian girl group, as a single^[13] from their 2006 debut album 3rd Floor.^[14] They also produced an official music video.

The music of "This Is My Life" is used by the Taiwanese girl-group S.H.E in their song: "I Love Trouble" (我愛烦恼) on their 2008 album FM S.H.E^[15] which became quite popular in Asia.

The song "As a Blonde"^[16] is covered on Selena Gomez & The Scene's 2009 debut album Kiss & Tell.^[17][18][19] Jordin Sparks covered "Don't Let Go To Your Head"^[20] on her 2009 album Battlefield.^[21][22][23] Shortly after Sparks's album was released Dobson said, "Jordin Sparks just did [that song], which was on Sunday Love, which was very cool. She did kind of, like, a more R&B version of it, which I think is really nice, actually. It was really cool that she didn't try and do a rock version of it, and she did what she's more comfortable with, which I thought was awesome."^[24] Sparks's version was released as a single in the UK on January 4, 2010.^[25]

Personnel

Confirmed by multiple sources^{[26][27][28][29]} including Billboard.^[30]

• Fefe Dobson – songwriting, vocals
• Matthew Wilder – producer and co-writer (on "Scar", "Be Strong", "Man Meets Boy", and "If I Was a Guy")
• John5 – co-writer, guitar
• Brent Paschke – guitar
• Tim Armstrong – co-writer
• Joan Jett – co-writer
• Pharrell Williams – co-writer
• Cyndi Lauper – co-writer
• Courtney Love – co-writer
• Shelly Peiken – co-writer
• Billy Steinberg – co-writer
• Chad Hugo – co-writer
• Nina Gordon – backing vocals
• Howard Benson – producer (on "This Is My Life" and "Don't Let It Go to Your Head")
• Ben Grosse – producer
• Tom Lord-Alge – producer (on "This Is My Life")

Cover versions

Commercially released cover versions or other commercial usage of Sunday Love songs by other artists.

Year	Title	Performer	Album	Language of song
2006	"Don't Let It Go to Your Head"	Lilyjets	3rd Floor[13][14]	English
2008	"I Love Trouble" The music of "This Is My Life"	S.H.E	FM S.H.E[15]	Mandarin Chinese
	"Don't Let It Go to Your Head"	Rockett Queen	Kiss and Tell[20][31]	English
2009	"Don't Let It Go to Your Head"	Jordin Sparks	Battlefield[22][23]	English
	"As a Blonde"	Selena Gomez & the Scene	Kiss & Tell[17][18]	English
	"As a Blonde"	Claire Clarke	Shut Your Mouth[32]	English

References

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2. "This Is My Life (E-Single) Fefe Dobson". AllMusic. Archived from the original on September 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
3. Allmusic review
4. Blender review
5. ElleGirl review
6. Wood, Mikael (July 2006), "IN:NEW CDs – FEFE DOBSON Sunday Love.", Spin, Malcolm Campbell, Spin Media LLC / The McEvoy Group LLC: 10, 82–83
7. Vibe review
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17. "Kiss and Tell: Selena Gomez and the Scene (sic) (See Samples>Song Title>"As A Blonde")". Amazon. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
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21. "Joy (Coming September 2009)". BestFan NewNews – FefeDobson. Archived from the original on 2009-07-15. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
22. Graff, Gary. "Jordin Sparks At Peace With 'Battlefield'". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
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24. Vena, Jocelyn (August 14, 2009). "Fefe Dobson 'Impressed' With Miley Cyrus' Take On Her Song. She also liked Jordin Sparks' 'more R&B version' of one of her tracks." MTV.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
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32. "As A Blonde" by Claire Clarke from the album Shut Your Mouth