A Little in Love (Cliff Richard song)

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"A Little in Love"
A Little in Love - Cliff Richard.jpg
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album I'm No Hero
B-side
  • "Keep on Looking" (Europe)
  • "Everyman" (North America)
Released9 December 1980 (US) [1]
12 January 1981 (UK) [2]
RecordedMay–June 1980
Studio Riverside Studios, London
Genre Soft rock, pop rock
Length3:23 (single), 3:42 (LP)
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Alan Tarney [3]
Producer(s) Alan Tarney
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Suddenly"
(1980)
"A Little in Love"
(1980)
"Wired for Sound"
(1981)
Music video
"A Little in Love" on YouTube

"A Little in Love" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard, released as the second single from his 1980 album, I'm No Hero .

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The song spent five months on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 17. It reached number 15 on the UK Singles Chart, [4] reached the Top 5 in Canada and was a hit in numerous European countries.

"A Little in Love" was the follow-up single to "Dreamin'" from Richard's I'm No Hero album. Its release was delayed as a result of his intervening duet with Olivia Newton-John, "Suddenly" from the Xanadu soundtrack.

In the US and Canada, "A Little in Love" was followed by "Give a Little Bit More" as the third single from the album, while in Germany "A Little in Love" was released as the third single after "In the Night". [5] [6] The UK and most other regions had no third single released from the album.

Chart performance

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