Everybody Loves a Lover Columbia catalog number 41195, "Everybody Loves a Lover" first reached the "Billboard" magazine charts on July 21, 1958. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at number 6; on the Best Seller chart, at number 17; and on the Hot 100 composite chart, it reached number 14. The Doris Day version is noteworthy for the third verse, in which, through overdubbing, the first four lines of verse 2 are superimposed on the first four lines of verse 1, creating a counterpoint duet. The two segments end on the same word, "Pollyanna", sung in harmony. The song was Day's last big
Lover to Lover to Lover" received acclaim from music critics. In a review of "Ceremonials", Allison Fitts of Dart News Online praised the song, calling it "one of the most unique [songs] on Ceremonials" and saying, "'Lover to Lover' is basically what the band would have sounded like 50 years ago", and compared it to the works of Fitz & the Tantrums. American magazines "Rolling Stone" and "Billboard", in their reviews of the album, compared the song to the work of Adele. A music video to accompany the release of "Lover to Lover" was first released onto YouTube on 19 November 2012 at