A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John song) explained

A Little More Love
Cover:ONJ - A Little More Love.jpg
Caption:Standard international picture sleeve (US 7-inch vinyl single pictured)
Type:single
Artist:Olivia Newton-John
Album:Totally Hot
B-Side:Borrowed Time
Released:October 1978
Studio:
Genre:Pop rock
Length:3:27
Label:MCA, EMI
Producer:John Farrar
Prev Title:Summer Nights
Prev Year:1978
Next Title:Deeper Than the Night
Next Year:1979

"A Little More Love" is a song recorded by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John for her tenth studio album, Totally Hot (1978). Written and produced by Newton-John's long-time record producer John Farrar, the song was released as the lead single from Totally Hot in October 1978 and became a worldwide hit single.

In the United States, "A Little More Love" reached its peak position of number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1979, and peaked at number four on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, it spent three weeks at position number two on the RPM Top Singles chart during February and March 1979, and was the seventh biggest hit of that year.[1] It also reached number five on the RPM Adult Contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 4, and stayed on the charts for 12 weeks.

Record World said the song is "more rock-oriented than [Newton-John's] past pop efforts, and with a song as good as this one, the transition should be a pleasing one."[2]

Billboard magazine ranked "A Little More Love" as the 17th most popular song of 1979,[3] and Cash Box magazine ranked it as 23rd for the year,[4] where it had peaked at number four in March 1979.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978–1979)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 9
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 2
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[8] 5
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 19
France (SNEP)[10] 4
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] [12] 7
US Cash Box Top 100[13] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Rank
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[15] 62
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[16] 43
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[17] 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[18] 70
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[19] 62
UK Singles (OCC)[20] 76
US Billboard Hot 100[21] 17
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[22] 24
US Cash Box Top 10023

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140504190710/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0125a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=sef14rud3r0jr7dgle0ia4cmi0 . 4 May 2014 . dead .
  2. Record World. November 18, 1978. 2023-02-13. Hits of the Week. 1.
  3. Top Singles of the Year. Billboard. 22 December 1979.
  4. Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1979 . 2016-04-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060014/http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html . 4 March 2016 . dmy-all .
  5. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 3/03/79 . 2016-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703173725/http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19790303.html . 3 July 2015 . dmy-all .
  6. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 217.
  7. RPM 100 Singles. RPM. 17 February 1979. 30. 21. 4 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140504191751/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0125a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=f8ggcgf1a47cvc56ci1r3l6tk0. 4 May 2014. dead.
  8. Adult Oriented Playlist. RPM. 17 February 1979. 20. 21. 6 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160805122657/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0107&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3. 5 August 2016. dead.
  9. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021. 2021. Olivia Newton-John. 183. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 3 July 2022. fi.
  10. Web site: InfoDisc: Tous les Titres de Olivia Newton-John. 1978–1991. Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 16 January 2019. French.
  11. Web site: "Olivia Newton-John – A Little More Love" . 2019-01-16 . Charts.nz .
  12. Web site: OFFICIAL TOP 40 SINGLES / WAIATA TAKITAHI I TE RĀRANGI MOTUHAKE 40 O RUNGA . 1979-02-04 . Recorded Music NZ .
  13. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 3/03/79 . 2016-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703173725/http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19790303.html . 3 July 2015 . dmy-all .
  14. CU.S Digital Song Sales: Week of August 20, 2022. subscription. Billboard. 16 August 2022.
  15. Web site: Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. 10 January 2023.
  16. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1979. Ultratop. 27 January 2022.
  17. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140504223145/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6855a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=covq21tdjt9mb8dcf38fhc0sf1 . 4 May 2014 . dead .
  18. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979. Dutch Top 40. 27 January 2022.
  19. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1979. dutchcharts.nl. 27 January 2022.
  20. "Top 100 Singles of 1979" Record Mirror 5 January 1980: 30
  21. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1979/Top 100 Songs of 1979 . Musicoutfitters.com . 15 October 2016.
  22. Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 1979. Billboard. 27 January 2022. 18 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718180809/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/adult-contemporary-songs. dead.

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