Easy to Love (Leo Sayer song)

"Easy to Love"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Thunder in My Heart
B-side	"Haunting Me"
Released	December 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Pop, soft rock
Length	3:44
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Leo Sayer, Albert Hammond
Producer(s)	Richard Perry
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"Thunder in My Heart" (1977) "Easy to Love" (1977) "Raining in My Heart" (1978)

"Easy to Love" is a song recorded by Leo Sayer for the album Thunder in My Heart , and originally released as a single in 1977. It was co-written by Sayer with Albert Hammond. It was the second single from the LP, the follow-up to the title track.

"Easy to Love" reached number 36 in the United States and number 35 in Canada. ^{[1] [2]} It did best in New Zealand, where it spent 10 weeks in the Top 40 and peaked at number 19. ^[3]

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "The second single from the Thunder in My Heart LP has a strong R&B/disco flavour to it and features the Sayer falsetto that has been so popular on his last two or three hits". ^[4]

Personnel

• Leo Sayer – vocals
• Jeff Porcaro – drums ^[5]
• Ben Adkins – bass
• Lee Ritenour – guitars
• Ray Parker – guitars
• Michael Omartian – piano
• Bobbye Hall – percussion
• David Paich – string section arranger and conductor

Chart history

Chart (1977–78)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles [2]	35
New Zealand (RIANZ) [3]	19
U.S. Pop Singles [1]	36

Cover versions

• The song was re-recorded in Spanish by singer Lani Hall as "Es Fácil Amar," and appeared as the title track of her 1985 Latin Grammy Award-winning album of the same name, produced by Hammond.^{[ citation needed ]}
• A French language version recorded in 1978 by Georges Thurston would later gain success in the early 1990s when 800,000 copies were sold in Europe. ^[6]
• An untranslated (English) version was recorded by Ukrainian vocal-instrumental group "Чарівні Гітари" ("Magic Guitars") and released in 1980. ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
2. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-02-18. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
3. "Flavour of new zealand - search rianz". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
4. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box . 12 November 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 25 November 2021– via World Radio History.
5. Thunder in My Heart (Album credits). Warner Bros. 1977.
6. "Georges Thurston : Biographie". Qim.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
7. "Чаривни Гитары - Чаривни Гитары". Discogs.com. 1980. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
8. "Чарівні Гітари - Вернись, Мими ('Easy to Love' Leo Sayer cover)" . Retrieved 2023-09-28– via YouTube.

External links

• Leo Sayer - Easy to Love on YouTube