Love in the Shadows (Neil Sedaka song)

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"Love in the Shadows"
Love in the Shadows - Neil Sedaka.jpg
Single by Neil Sedaka
from the album Steppin' Out
B-side "(Baby) Don't Let It Mess Your Mind" (US); "Nana's Song" (UK); "Love Will Keep Us Together" (W. Germany); "No. 1 With A Heartache" (Rhodesia)
ReleasedApril 1976
Recorded1975
Genre Pop, disco
Length3:18
Label Rocket
Songwriter(s) Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody
Producer(s) Neil Sedaka and Robert Appere
Neil Sedaka singles chronology
"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
(1975)
"Love in the Shadows"
(1976)
"Steppin' Out"
(1976)

"Love in the Shadows" is an uptempo pop song co-written and recorded by Neil Sedaka. The song became an international Top 20 hit in 1976.

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The song reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [1] and spent two weeks at number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart. [2]

The song was also a hit in Canada, charting quite closely to its U.S. peaks on both the Pop Singles chart (#18 for two weeks) as well as the Adult Contemporary chart (#6).

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "Love in the Shadows" as the 88th most popular hit of 1976. [3] It reached as high as #8 on their survey of June 26, 1976. [4]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles [5] 18
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [6] 6
France [7] 8
New Zealand [7] 20
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 16
US Billboard Easy Listening [2] 4
US Cashbox Top 100 [9] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Rank
Canada [10] 148
US Billboard Hot 100 [11] 124

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