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"Everybody in Love" is the second single by British boyband JLS from their self-titled debut album. The song will be released as a digital download on 1 November, 2009, and is currently available for pre-order on the UK and Ireland iTunes Store. The CD version of the song will be released a day later.

Reception
To date, "Everybody In Love" has garnered mixed to positive reviews. Digital Spy said that: "Groundbreaking it ain't, but Everybody In Love is catchy, feelgood and thoroughly likable. It's also as mushy as the peas at your local chip shop, with the boys issuing this imperative at the start of the song and again towards the end: "Everybody in love, go on put your hands up." If we could listen, type and wave our phone above our head all at the same time, believe us we would be."

Popjustice also said "Everybody In Love is so in need of its own 'HRNK' - that international sound effect of the quite good pop tune - that it actually opens with the sound of a rave horn. You cannot say fairer than that."

"Lyrically this single doesn't quite pack the full-on dancefloor melodrama of Beat Again's "if I died would you come to my funeral" portion but it's still a bit over the top ("every minute's like an hour, every hour's like a day") and the song also shows off a little more of JLS' knack for jolly warbles and amazing arm-wavy breakdowns."

"'Everybody In Love' recalls the better parts of the Another Level back catalogue - there were some better parts, even if history opts to ignore them - and if you consider this track alongside 'Beat Again' then take some sort of average of the two you might have an idea where the album should be heading. Where it's heading, readers, is to a good place. We are so certain that it will reach its destination - and that it will get there on time - that we can only conclude it is using sat nav."

FemaleFirst stated that the song was "Pretty much what we all expected from this JLS single ‘Everybody in Love’. It follows the idea that if you repeat a catchy chorus 100 times then it will become anthemic-a song to sing along to in a club after a few WKD’s". They also stated that "Despite it being uber-predictable, the track works on a surface level and the catchy tune will prove a hit, especially with teenagers, and so in that respect it does the job. It would be nice to hear something a bit less obvious for their next effort".