You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

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"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls.jpg
Single by Lou Rawls
from the album All Things in Time
B-side "Let's Fall in Love All Over Again"
ReleasedMay 1976
Studio Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]
Genre
Length
  • 4:26 (album version)
  • 3:36 (single edit)
Label Philadelphia International
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Kenny Gamble
  • Leon Huff
Lou Rawls singles chronology
"A Natural Man"
(1971)
"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine"
(1976)
"Groovy People"
(1976)

"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and performed by R&B singer Lou Rawls on his 1976 album All Things in Time . The song proved to be Rawls' breakthrough hit, reaching number 1 on both the R&B [2] and Easy Listening charts as well as number 4 on the dance chart [3] and number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100. This was the first and only time that one of Rawls' records reached Billboard's pop Top Ten.

Contents

The single went on to sell over a million copies and was certified gold by the RIAA. [4]

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [17] Gold75,000^
United States (RIAA) [4] Gold1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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