Love Is Life

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"Love Is Life"
Single by Hot Chocolate
B-side "Pretty Girls"
Released1970
Genre Soul pop
Length3:39
Label RAK
Songwriter(s) Errol Brown, Tony Wilson
Producer(s) Mickie Most
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"Give Peace a Chance"
(1969)
"Love Is Life"
(1970)
"You Could Have Been a Lady"
(1971)

"Love Is Life" is a song and single performed by British group, Hot Chocolate with accompaniment by the Trinidad Singers and written by band members, Errol Brown and Tony Wilson. [1] Produced by Mickie Most, it was released in 1970 and reached 6, on the UK charts, staying for twelve weeks and was their first single to make the UK Charts. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Love Is Life". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. "UK Official charts - Hot Chocolate". www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 2013-06-23.