"Love Is All Around" was covered by Australian singer-songwriter, Ricki-Lee Coulter. It served as the second single released from her second albumBrand New Day on November 10, 2007. It debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number five. The music video was directed by Fin Edquist and filmed at the Ferris Wheel in Birrarung Marr, Melbourne. The video depicts Coulter at a theme park, showing examples of love in all forms, such as love between couples and families.
The song was covered by Japanese boyband, Arashi, and was retitled "We Can Make It!". It featured the same melody, but its lyrics were not a direct translation, and a rap part was included. The song was also featured as the opening theme song of Bambino!, a Japanese TV drama series. It debuted at the top of the Japanese charts upon its release on May 2, 2007.
The song was also covered by Sing Shi Xin Hui, a well known singer in both Singapore and Malaysia. The song was retitled to "命中注定" meaning "Fated" featuring the same melody, but the lyrics differed from Love Is All Around. The song was also included in her tenth album, Truly, which was released on May 17, 2010.
"Love Is All Around" was covered by South African singer Jody Williams, who released it as the first single from her debut album Just Gonna Be Me. It was released on December 10, 2007. The song was scheduled as the "winner's song" in the fourth season of Idols and was performed by both Jody and competition runner-up, Andriëtte Norman. On December 9, 2007, Jody won the show and sung out the finale with the song. A day later on December 10, 2007 it was released on CD in South Africa with "Dance with My Father" as the CD's B-side - a song Jody performed on Idols which was originally done by singer Luther Vandross.
Background and success
"Love Is All Around" features as a bonus track on Jody's debut album "Just Gonna Me". The song was ironically released a month before as a single by Australian IdolRicki Lee. Jody's cover of the song features distinctly different effects to it, turning a pop song into what was described as "an urbanised version" of the Agnes Carlsson original. Jody's version is all also differs largely in length, being the longest of all covers of the song so far. "Love Is All Around" was released as a CD single a day after Jody won South African Idols. It was sold out on the first day and accumalated Gold status in South Africa after selling 30,000 copies. The song also reached #1 on AF Stereo's "South African Airplay Chart"
