In June 2013, 'Skinny Love' was announced at #16 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of the Last 20 Years countdown. In July 2009, 'Skinny Love' was announced at #92 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of All Time countdown. On January 26, 2009, 'Skinny Love' was announced at #21 by the Australian national radio station Triple J in the annual Hottest 100 countdown of the previous year's best songs. On December 11, 2008, Bon Iver performed 'Skinny Love' on the Late Show with David Letterman. On October 6, 2008, 'Skinny Love' was featured in the NBC series Chuck ( season 2, episode 3).

The digital download track 'Skinny Love' was selected to be iTunes (UK) single of the week and was available for free during that time, as well as being featured as the track of the day on National Public Radio.

The song was used in the second episode of Grey's Anatomy 's fifth season. While 'Skinny Love' has been considered a reference to singer Justin Vernon's relationship with former girlfriend Christy Smith, Vernon countered this as 'not entirely accurate it's about that time in a relationship that I was going through you're in a relationship because you need help, but that's not necessarily why you should be in a relationship. The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2008. 'Skinny Love' was the first single released from Bon Iver's 2007 debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, in the United States. The song has since become a popular tune for various singing competition shows around the English-speaking world. Both versions charted internationally and have been featured in multiple television and film soundtracks. A cover version by the British vocalist Birdy was released in 2011. It was originally released by indie folk band Bon Iver, of which Vernon is a member, in 2007. ' Skinny Love' is a song written by American musician and songwriter Justin Vernon.

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