| Love Is the Answer | |
| Cover: | Love is the answer england dan john ford coley US single side-A.png |
| Alt: | side-A label |
| Caption: | One of side-A labels of the US single |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | England Dan & John Ford Coley |
| Album: | Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive |
| B-Side: | Running After You |
| Released: | March 1979 |
| Length: | 4:42 |
| Label: | Big Tree |
| Producer: | Kyle Lehning |
| Prev Title: | Westward Wind |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | What Can I Do with This Broken Heart |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
"Love Is the Answer" is a song written by Todd Rundgren and performed with his band Utopia. It is the closing track on their 1977 album Oops! Wrong Planet, and was the only single released from the album.
In 1979, American soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley released their version as the lead single from their seventh studio album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive. It reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[1] in May 1979[2] and spent two weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[3] John Ford Coley was quoted as saying: "Of all the songs we released as singles, that was my favorite. The song first of all had a classical base, and the middle had a gospel section which I loved."[3]
| Chart (1979) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 10 | |
| UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 45 |
The song has been covered several times by Christian and mainstream artists.