If You Love Me (Let Me Know) Explained

If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
Cover:If You Love Me (Let Me Know).jpg
Type:single
Artist:Olivia Newton-John
Album:If You Love Me, Let Me Know
Released:April 1974
Recorded:1974
Genre:Country, pop
Length:3:12
Label:MCA
Producer:John Farrar
Prev Title:Long Live Love
Prev Year:1974
Next Title:I Honestly Love You
Next Year:1974

"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" is a song written by John Rostill that was a 1974 hit single for Olivia Newton-John. It was her second release to hit the top 10 in the United States, reaching number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart.[1] It also reached number 2 on the Billboard country chart.[2] As with her single "Let Me Be There", Mike Sammes sings a bass harmony.[3] It was nominated for the 1974 Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year.[4]

Record World said that "Another John Rostill tune produced in the style of 'Let Me Be There' should guarantee a similar kind of success saga for her follow-up."[5]

TV performance

Newton-John performed the song along with Andy Gibb and ABBA on the 1978 ABC-TV special Olivia!.[6]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 2
South Africa (Springbok)[8] 1
US Cashbox Top 100[9] 6
US Cashbox Country Top 75[10] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 40
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[12] 60
South Africa (Springbok)[13] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 32
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[15] 9
US Cashbox Top 100[16] 31
US Cashbox Country Top 75[17] 31

Cover versions

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 181.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 299. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. Book: Morse. Ann. Keely. John. Olivia Newton-John. registration. 1 March 1976. Creative Education.
  4. Web site: CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees .
  5. Record World. 30 March 1974. 2023-03-17. Hits of the Week. 1.
  6. Book: Cole, Ian. What I'll Do. ABBA: Song by Song. Fonthill Media. 2020. 153. 978-1781557853.
  7. Book: Kent, David. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book. St Ives, NSW. 1993. 217. 0-646-11917-6.
  8. Web site: SA Charts 1965–March 1989. 5 September 2018.
  9. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc.. 2014. 978-0-89820-209-0.
  10. CashBox Country Top 75. Cashbox. 15 June 1974. 36. 5. 34.
  11. Web site: National Top 100 Singles for 1975. . 79 . . 29 December 1975 . 15 January 2022 .
  12. Web site: Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada . Bac-lac.gc.ca . 17 July 2013 . 2016-10-09.
  13. Web site: Top 20 Hit Singles of 1974. 2 September 2018.
  14. Hot 100 Songs - Year-End. Billboard. 21 June 2022. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425001238/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1974/hot-100-songs. 25 April 2021.
  15. Hot Country Songs - Year-End. Billboard. 21 June 2022. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210830210002/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1974/hot-country-songs. 30 August 2021.
  16. Top 100 Singles of 1974. Cashbox. 28 December 1974. 36. 31. 20.
  17. Top 100 Country Singles of 1974. Cashbox. 28 December 1974. 36. 31. 118.
  18. Whitburn 2008, pp. 99-100