Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

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"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
Cant give you anything but my love the stylistics Australian single.png
Side A of the Australian single
Single by The Stylistics
from the album Thank You Baby
B-side "I'd Rather Be Hurt by You (Than Be Loved by Somebody Else)"
ReleasedJuly 1975 (1975)
Genre R&B, soul, disco
Length3:13
Label Avco
Songwriter(s) Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss
The Stylistics singles chronology
"Sing Baby Sing"
(1975)
"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
(1975)
"Na-Na Is the Saddest Word"
(1975)

"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" is a 1975 single by the Stylistics. It reached number one for three weeks in the UK in August 1975. [1]

Contents

After splitting from record producer Thom Bell in 1974, songwriters/producers Hugo & Luigi and George David Weiss took over, with arrangements by Van McCoy. Although the split with Bell negatively affected the group in the US, the Stylistics continued to be popular in the UK and this was their first and only UK number one single. The track reached number 51 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number 18 on the corresponding US R&B chart. [2]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Thomas Anders version

"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
Single by Thomas Anders
from the album Whispers
B-side "Más que amor (Can't Give You Anything But My Love)"
ReleasedAugust 1991 (1991-08)
Recorded1990
Genre Europop
Length4:10
Label East West
Songwriter(s) George David Weiss
Producer(s) Mike Paxman and Paul Muggleton
Thomas Anders singles chronology
"The Sweet Hello, The Sad Goodbye"
(1991)
"Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)"
(1991)
"True Love"
(1991)

The cover version by Thomas Anders was the second single off his second album, Whispers . The single included versions in both English and Spanish ("Más que amor").

Track listings

7" single EastWest 9031-75025-7 (Warner), 08.1991 [24]
  1. "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" – 4:10
  2. "Más que amor" – 4:09
12" Single EastWest 9031-76005-0 (Warner), 08.1991 [24]
  1. 'Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" (Basic Love Mix) – 5:07
  2. "Más que amor" (Spanish Club Mix) – 5:09
  3. "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" (Instrumental Groove Mix) – 5:11
CD-Maxi EastWest 9031-75026-2 (Warner), 08.1991 [24]
  1. "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" (Radio version) – 4:10
  2. "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" (Extended version) — 6:43
  3. "Más que amor" (Extended version) — 6:44
  4. "Más que amor" — 4:09

Chart positions

The single stayed five weeks on the German charts, from October 14 to November 24, 1991, peaking at number 73.

Chart (1991)Highest
position
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [25] 73

Credits

Other versions

In 1996, Irish boy band OTT released their version as a single that reached No. 10 in Ireland. [26]

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