"Lay Your Love on Me" | ||||
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![]() Single cover | ||||
Single by Racey | ||||
from the album Smash and Grab | ||||
B-side | "I Believed You" | |||
Released | 1978 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:16 | |||
Label | RAK | |||
Songwriter(s) | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | |||
Producer(s) | Mickie Most | |||
Racey singles chronology | ||||
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"Lay Your Love on Me" is a song by the British pop band Racey. The song was written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, produced by Mickie Most and released in 1978 on the RAK label as their second single. It was their first hit single, reaching No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart [1] and No. 2 in Ireland in December 1978. It was also a No. 1 hit in the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand later that same year.
Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 1979 album, Rock'n Yodel . [2]
Chart (1978–1979) | Peak position |
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Australian (Kent Music Report)| [3] | 1 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] | 3 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [5] | 1 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [6] | 2 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [7] | 1 |
UK Singles (OCC) [8] | 3 |
West Germany (GfK) [9] | 14 |
Chart (1979) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [10] | 1 |
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [11] | 13 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [12] | 6 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [13] | 7 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [14] | Silver | |
Netherlands (NVPI) [15] | Gold | 100,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [16] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |