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 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

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia[7] 143
Canada[4] 57
New Zealand[11] 48
UK[12] 138
U.S. Cash Box[13] 97

References

  1. 1 2
  2. 1 2 "How Much Love". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  3. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  4. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  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. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  8. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  9. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
  10. ↑ "Leo Sayer lyrics". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  11. ↑ "Top Selling Singles of 1977". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
  12. ↑ "Old-Charts". Old-Charts. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
  13. ↑

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