Easy Love (Dionne Warwick song)

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"Easy Love"
Easy Love - Dionne Warwick.jpg
Single by Dionne Warwick
from the album No Night So Long
B-side "We Never Said Goodbye"
ReleasedNovember 1980
Recorded1980
Genre Pop, Adult Contemporary
Length3:15
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt, Randy Cate
Producer(s) Steve Buckingham
Dionne Warwick singles chronology
"No Night So Long"
(1980)
"Easy Love"
(1980)
"Some Changes Are for Good"
(1981)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard (unrated) [1]

"Easy Love" is a song by Dionne Warwick from her 1980 album No Night So Long . It was the second of two charting singles from the LP.

Contents

"Easy Love" was released as a single in the fall of 1980, peaking at number 62 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 12 on the U.S. AC chart.

The B-side, "We Never Said Goodbye," was also a hit on the R&B chart, peaking at number 41. [2]

Chart history

Chart (1980–81)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 62
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 12
US Cash Box Top 10077

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References

  1. "Review: Dionne Warwick – Easy Love" (PDF). Billboard . 85 (44). 1 November 1980. p. 91. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 30 May 2020 via American Radio History.
  2. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
  3. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X