Show Me Love (Robyn song)

Larry Flick from Billboard magazine described the song as a "far more seductive tone of this jeep-pop confection" than her earlier hit single, "Do You Know (What It Takes)". He noted that Robyn "proves her capability to handle a meaty tune with a respectable degree of soul. She tweaks the song's ear-grabbing chorus and muscular bassline with subtle improvisations and an assertive edge that impresses."^[4] In a retrospective review, Can't Stop the Pop felt that on the song "she's dropping her guard and committing herself to a teen-pop romance". They also complimented the chorus as "spectacularly catchy".^[5] British magazine Music Week gave "Show Me Love" a full score of five out of five, naming it the "strongest track" from the album, "[that] should launch her as a serious contender for the swingbeat crown".^[6]

In Sweden, "Show Me Love" became Robyn's fourth highest-charting single, peaking at number 14, lower than "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect)", which both made it into the top 10. In the United States, the single peaked at number seven, her second consecutive top 10 hit. In December 1997, the single received a gold certification from the RIAA in recognition of 500,000 copies sold in the US.^[7] It was Robyn's last top-10 single and remains her last charting single on the Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, "Show Me Love" became Robyn's first of two top-20 singles from Robyn Is Here and her first top-10 single, peaking at number eight; it was Robyn's fourth best-performing single, with 113,000 sales and 1.22 million audio streams according to the Official Charts Company.^[8]

The music video for "Show Me Love" was directed by American director Kevin Bray and premiered on 20 July 1997 on the television network The Box.^[9][10] The video is shot with two cutscenes: one with Robyn in a light blue top alone lip-syncing to camera filmed in mostly color and the other of her in a black sweatsuit lip-syncing to camera filmed in mostly black-and-white with a large group of urbane extras shown conversing in a loosely grouped line behind her while a guitarist, keytar player, and drummer with drumkit play among them.

The song features on the soundtrack of the sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. It was also played at the very end of the Swedish film Show Me Love. The film was originally titled Fucking Åmål but was retitled for distribution in the English-speaking world after the name of the song.

In 2019 the song was featured in the West End musical & Juliet.

In 2017, Billboard magazine ranked "Show Me Love" number 32 in their list of "The 100 Greatest Pop Songs of 1997".^[11] In 2022, Pitchfork ranked it number 241 in their list of "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s".^[12]