"The Book of Love" is a song written by Stephin Merritt and attributed to The Magnetic Fields, an American indie pop group founded and led by him.
However, as completion of the latter dragged out, it was instead decided to release a series of double A-sided singles with one song from each album every full moon during 2010 on iTunes.
[4] Track listing Chart performance In 2015, Irish singer-songwriter Gavin James recorded his version appearing on his EP single The Book of Love.
The Book of Love EP contains four versions, the official radio track, and three remixes by Raffertie, by JOY (Rework) and Young Wonder.
The track appeared also in a four-track EP by James called For Love and eventually was included on his album Bitter Pill.
Mike Doughty released Golden Delicious on February 19, 2008, which included "Book of Love" as an "[iTunes Only (Magnetic Fields Cover)]", track 12, with only acoustic guitar, piano and vocals, very true to the original.