That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)

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"That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)"
Single by The Everly Brothers
B-side "How Can I Meet Her?"
Released 1962
Genre Folk rock [1]
Length2:23
Label Warner Bros. Records
Songwriter(s) Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye [2]
The Everly Brothers singles chronology
"Crying in the Rain"
(1962)
"That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)"
(1962)
"I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail"
(1962)

"That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)" is a song released in 1962 by The Everly Brothers. The song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 9, [3] while reaching No. 4 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart, [4] No. 6 in the Philippines, [5] and No. 18 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade. [6] This song is their last top 10 hit in the United States.

Chart performance

Chart (1962)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 1009
US Billboard Easy Listening4
Philippines6
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade18

References

  1. Doggett, Peter (1 January 2015). "Soul Food". Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music. London: The Bodley Head. p. 283. ISBN   978-1-847-92218-2 . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  2. That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be) - By: The Everly Brothers, MusicVF.com. Accessed August 2, 2015
  3. The Everly Brothers - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed August 2, 2015
  4. The Everly Brothers - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed August 2, 2015
  5. "Hits of the World", Billboard , June 16, 1962. p. 37
  6. "CHUM Hit Parade", CHUM , Week of June 11, 1962