| How Much Love | |
| Cover: | How Much Love 45 RPM.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Leo Sayer |
| Album: | Endless Flight[1] |
| B-Side: | I Hear the Laughter |
| Released: | March 1977 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 3:38 |
| Label: | Warner Brothers |
| Producer: | Richard Perry |
| Prev Title: | When I Need You |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | Thunder In My Heart |
| Next Year: | 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]
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia[8] | 18 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 4 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[9] | 8 |
| Ireland [10] | 4 |
| New Zealand[11] | 10 |
| Switzerland (Sonntagsblick Hitparade)[12] | 18 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[13] | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[14] | 27 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[15] | 9 |
| UK | 10 |
| Chart (1977) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 57 | |
| New Zealand[16] | 48 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[17] | 98 | |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100[18] | 97 |
"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]