How Much Love (Leo Sayer song)

"How Much Love"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Endless Flight
B-side "I Hear the Laughter"
Released July 1977
Format 45 RPM
Genre Pop
Length 3:38
Label Warner Brothers
Writer(s) Barry Mann and Leo Sayer
Producer(s) Richard Perry
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"When I Need You"
(1977)		 "How Much Love"
(1977)		 "Thunder In My Heart"
(1977)

"How Much Love" is a popular song from 1977 by the British singer Leo Sayer. It was the third of three single releases from Sayer's 1976 album, Endless Flight. The song was co-written by Sayer with Barry Mann.

The song became an international Top 10 hit. Although it reached only number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it hit number 9 on the U.S. Cashbox Top 100,[1] and number 10 in the UK.[2] In Canada, it peaked at number 4 and was the 57th biggest hit of 1977.[3][4]

Chicago radio station WLS, which gave "How Much Love" airplay, ranked the song as the 62nd biggest hit of 1977.[5] It reached as high as number 5 on their weekly singles survey.[6]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia [7] 18
Canadian RPM Top Singles [3] 4
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [8] 8
New Zealand [9] 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 17
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[1] 9
UK [2] 10
WLS survey (Chicago) [11] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia [12] 143
Canada [4] 57
New Zealand [13] 48
U.S. Cash Box [14] 97
WLS survey (Chicago) [15] 62

References

  1. 1 2 http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19770910.html
  2. 1 2 "How Much Love". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  3. 1 2 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5401a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=0hgaivbge3jkdgojpkd2fmcp35
  4. 1 2 https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5502a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=0pckj1t6l3ketpviopad2shgg0
  5. ↑ "WLS MUSICRADIO "BIG 89 OF 1977"". Oldiesloon.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  6. ↑ "WLS MUSICRADIO 89". Oldiesloon.com. 1977-09-17. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  7. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  8. ↑ https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5423&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=0hgaivbge3jkdgojpkd2fmcp35
  9. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=2751
  10. ↑ "Leo Sayer lyrics". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  11. ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls091777.htm
  12. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  13. ↑ http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/?chart=3866
  14. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1977YESP.html
  15. ↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls89of77.htm

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