"How Much Love"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Endless Flight[1]
B-side"I Hear the Laughter"
ReleasedMarch 1977
GenrePop
Length3:38
LabelWarner Brothers
Songwriter(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,[2] and number 10 in the UK.[3]

"How Much Love" was a bigger hit in Canada, where it peaked at number 4 and was the 57th biggest hit of 1977.[4][5] It also reached the Top 10 on the Canadian AC chart.

Chicago radio station WLS, which gave "How Much Love" airplay, ranked the song as the 62nd biggest hit of 1977.[6] It reached as high as number 5 on their weekly singles survey.[7]

Personnel

Chart performance

Cover version

"How Much Love" was covered by Maxine Nightingale on her 1977 LP Night Life. It was also included as the B-side of one of the singles from the LP.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 9/10/77".
  3. 1 2 "How Much Love". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  4. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "WLS MUSICRADIO "BIG 89 OF 1977"". Oldiesloon.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  7. ↑ "WLS MUSICRADIO 89". Oldiesloon.com. 1977-09-17. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  8. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  9. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  10. ↑ The Irish Charts, October 20, 1977
  11. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
  12. ↑ "Leo Sayer lyrics". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  13. ↑ Billboard Adult Contemporary, September 3, 1977
  14. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, September 10, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Leo Sayer – How Much Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1977". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
  17. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
  18. ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 31, 1977". Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
  19. ↑ Discogs: Maxine Nightingale - Will You Be My Lover
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