Easy to Love (Leo Sayer song) explained

Easy to Love
Cover:Easy_to_Love_-_Leo_Sayer.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Leo Sayer
Album:Thunder in My Heart
B-Side:Haunting Me
Released:December 1977
Recorded:1977
Genre:Pop, soft rock
Length:3:44
Label:Island
Producer:Richard Perry
Prev Title:Thunder in My Heart
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Raining in My Heart
Next Year:1978

"Easy to Love" is a song recorded by Leo Sayer for the album Thunder in My Heart, and originally released as a single in 1977. It was co-written by Sayer with Albert Hammond. It was the second single from the LP, the follow-up to the title track.

"Easy to Love" reached number 36 in the United States and number 35 in Canada.[1] [2] It did best in New Zealand, where it spent 10 weeks in the Top 40 and peaked at number 19.[3]

Reception

Cash Box magazine said "The second single from the Thunder in My Heart LP has a strong R&B/disco flavour to it and features the Sayer falsetto that has been so popular on his last two or three hits".[4]

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1977–78)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles35
New Zealand (RIANZ)19
U.S. Pop Singles36

Cover versions

Notes and References

  1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 -
  2. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1978-02-18 . 2019-06-08.
  3. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20rianz&qartistid=895#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 21 May 1978
  4. Single Reviews . Cash Box. World Radio History. 24. 12 November 1977. 25 November 2021.
  5. Album credits . Thunder in My Heart . Warner Bros . 1977.
  6. Web site: Québec Info Musique | Georges Thurston.