Lay Your Love on Me explained

Lay Your Love on Me
Cover:Lay Your Love on Me.jpg
Caption:Single cover
Type:single
Artist:Racey
Album:Smash and Grab
A-Side:Lay Your Love on Me
B-Side:I Believed You
Released:1978
Genre:Pop
Length:3:16
Label:RAK Records
Producer:Mickie Most
Prev Title:Baby It's You
Prev Year:1977
Next Title:Some Girls
Next Year:1979

"Lay Your Love on Me" is a pop song by the British pop group Racey; it was their second single release. The song was written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, produced by Mickie Most and released in 1978 on the RAK Records label. It was their first hit single, reaching No.3 in the UK Singles Chart,[1] and No.2 in Ireland in December 1978. It was a No.1 hit in the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand later that same year.

Kikki Danielsson covered the song on her 1979 album, Rock'n Yodel.[2]

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 1
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 7

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roberts , David . 2006. British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th. Guinness World Records Limited . London. 1-904994-10-5. 447.
  2. Web site: Kikki - Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB). Smdb.kb.se. 25 December 2014.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 244.
  4. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 431.
  5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1979. Ultratop. 14 September 2021.
  6. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979. Dutch Top 40. 14 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1979. dutchcharts.nl. 14 September 2021.