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"School Love" is a song written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue, [1] which was recorded by Blue and released as his third single on Bell Records in 1974. [2] It reached No. 11 on the UK Singles Chart, [3] No. 3 on the Danish charts [4] (his biggest hit there), No. 9 on the Rhodesian charts [5] No. 24 on the Australian GoSet chart [6] and No. 31 in the Australian Kent Music Report chart, [7] making it Blue's last international hit, although he would go on to have another two UK hit singles later that year. It also reached No. 4 on the Radio Northsea Toppers 20 on 15 March 1974 [8] and No. 5 on the Hessische Rundfunk Hitparade International chart. [9]

Blue performed the song twice on Top of the Pops , on 7 [10] and 21 March 1974. [11] He also performed the song on the Spanish RTVE television show ¡Señoras y señores! on 19 October 1974. [12] According to the NME , it was one of the top 150 UK singles of 1974. [13] It was also listed as 84th best single of 1974 in Australia according to Sydney 2SM as listed in Billboard . [14]

Cover versions of the song was released by vocal group The Hiltonaires on their album Made In England 9, [15] and Brazilian artist Paul Lynsey on the album Super Sucessos 74. [16] It was also released as a single by Italian group Moto Perpetuo [17] and this was often played on Italian radio, [18] as well as an album track by another Italian group, La Quinta Faccia, on their self-titled album with Italian lyrics by Capelli. [19] Argentinean rock and roll pioneer, Nicky Jones, also released a Spanish language version "Amor De Estudiante" on the 1974 album "Hot 12". [20]

More recently, Blue's version was one of the tracks on his compilation CD albums, The Singles Collection. [21] and Dancin' (On A Saturday Night)... Best Of. [22] It was also included on the 2000 compilation CD Jackie Love Songs, which made No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart that year. [23] Blue's version of the song was featured in the 2014 film, Northern Soul . [24] [25] The song is also mentioned in the book, The Rough Guide to Cult Pop by Paul Simpson. [26]

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  14. ↑ Billboard . February 6, 1975
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  18. ↑ 18 July 1976, Radiocorriere
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