CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Give a Little Sweet Love

single by Systems in Blue and Mark Ashley

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 23, 2025
Entity authorityQ5565795 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Give a Little Sweet Love" is a song originally performed by German singer Mark Ashley featuring Systems in Blue, released as a single on June 19, 2006, in Germany. The song has appeared in Mark Ashley's album Heartbreak Boulevard, and Heaven & Hell: The Mixes by Systems in Blue. The song was claimed to be "the new meet-up of Modern Talking" by the media.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Give a Little Sweet Love” as single by Systems in Blue and Mark Ashley. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Give, Little and Sweet.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2006-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Give, Little and Sweet providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Give a Little Sweet Love”, the useful work is to connect “single by Systems in Blue and Mark Ashley” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 23, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5565795. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Give a Little Sweet Love”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Give a Little Sweet Love primary sources, Give a Little Sweet Love archive and Give research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Give a Little Sweet Love”?
  2. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Give a Little Sweet Love” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.