Two Divided by Love

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"Two Divided by Love"
Two Divided by Love - The Grass Roots.jpg
Single by The Grass Roots
from the album Move Along
B-side "Let It Go"
ReleasedOctober 1971 (1971-10)
Studio ABC, Los Angeles, California
Genre Soft rock [1]
Length2:42
Label ABC/Dunhill
Songwriter(s) B. Potter, D. Lambert, M. Kupps
Producer(s) Steve Barri [2]
The Grass Roots singles chronology
"Sooner or Later"
(1971)
"Two Divided by Love"
(1971)
"Glory Bound"
(1972)

"Two Divided by Love" is a 1971 hit song by The Grass Roots. It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, Move Along .

Contents

The song reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 in Canada.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report 64
Canada RPM Top Singles [3] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 16
US Billboard Easy Listening [4] 37
US Cash Box Top 100 [5] 8
US Record World 11

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)Rank
Canada [6] 34

Personnel

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