Everybody Needs Love (Stephen Bishop song) explained

Everybody Needs Love
Cover:Everybody_Needs_Love_-_Stephen_Bishop.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Stephen Bishop
Album:Bish
B-Side:Only the Heart Within You
Released:September 1978
Genre:Disco[1]
Label:ABC Records
Producer:Stephen Bishop
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Prev Year:1977
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"Everybody Needs Love" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop. The song was the first of two singles from his second album, Bish, the other being "Looking for the Right One".

"Everybody Needs Love" peaked at number 32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2] and number 29 on the Cash Box Top 100. In Canada, the song peaked at number 29.

The song was a much bigger Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at number five in the U.S.[3] and number two in Canada.

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles29
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 32
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary5
U.S. Cashbox Top 10029

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Why Don't We Steal Away: New Blixa Sounds Label Expands Albums by Robbie Dupree, Stephen Bishop. 8 May 2018.
  2. Web site: Stephen Bishop - Chart history . Billboard . 2014-03-27.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 33.
  4. Web site: Lyrics: Daybreak by Barry Manilow . Top40db.net . 2016-10-12.
  5. Web site: Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978 . . 17 July 2013 . . March 8, 2018.