How Much Love (Leo Sayer song)

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"How Much Love"
How Much Love 45 RPM.jpg
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Endless Flight [1]
B-side "I Hear the Laughter"
ReleasedMarch 1977
Genre Pop
Length3:38
Label Warner Brothers
Songwriter(s) Barry Mann and Leo Sayer
Producer(s) Richard Perry
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"When I Need You"
(1977)		"How Much Love"
(1977)		"Thunder In My Heart"
(1977)
Music Video
"How Much Love" on YouTube

"How Much Love" is a popular song from 1977 by the British singer Leo Sayer. It was the third of three single releases from Sayer's 1976 album, Endless Flight . The song was co-written by Sayer with Barry Mann.

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The song became an international Top 10 hit. Although it reached only number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it hit number 9 on the U.S. Cashbox Top 100, [2] and number 10 in the UK. [3]

"How Much Love" was a bigger hit in Canada, where it peaked at number 4 and was the 57th biggest hit of 1977. [4] [5] It also reached the Top 10 on the Canadian AC chart.

Chicago radio station WLS, which gave "How Much Love" airplay, ranked the song as the 62nd biggest hit of 1977. [6] It reached as high as number 5 on their weekly singles survey. [7]

Personnel

Chart performance

Cover version

"How Much Love" was covered by Maxine Nightingale on her 1977 LP Night Life . It was also included as the B-side of one of the singles from the LP. [20]

References

  1. ↑ "Endless Flight : Leo Sayer". AllMusic . Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 9/10/77". Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  3. 1 2 "How Much Love". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  4. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "WLS MUSICRADIO "BIG 89 OF 1977"". Oldiesloon.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  7. ↑ "WLS MUSICRADIO 89". Oldiesloon.com. 1977-09-17. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  8. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  9. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  10. ↑ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  11. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz.
  12. ↑ Swiss Charts Archive. 1 April 1977.
  13. ↑ "Leo Sayer lyrics". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  14. ↑ "Adult Contemporary". Billboard.com. January 2, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  15. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 10, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Leo Sayer – How Much Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1977". Nztop40.co.nz.
  18. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  19. ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Maxine Nightingale - Will You Be My Lover | Releases". Discogs.com. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
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