With Your Love Explained

With Your Love
Type:single
Artist:Jefferson Starship
Album:Spitfire
B-Side:Switchblade
Genre:Rock, soft rock
Label:Grunt/RCA Records
Producer:Jefferson Starship and Larry Cox
Prev Title:Play on Love
Prev Year:1976
Next Title:St. Charles
Next Year:1976

"With Your Love" is a song written by Marty Balin, Joey Covington and Vic Smith.[1] The song was first recorded by Jefferson Starship and was the lead single of their 1976 album Spitfire. In the US, the single peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[2] [3] It was also a top-ten hit in Canada.[4]

Reception

Cash Box said that "it's a hook-filled ballad, Balin's vocal is packed with emotion and the arrangement has some healthy jazz influences readily apparent" with "great answering backup vocals on the chorus."[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976)Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles10
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] 6
12
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening6

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Rank
Canada [7] 111
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] 84

Cover versions

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fenton, Craig. Take Me to a Circus Tent (the Jefferson Airplane Flight Manual). Infinity Publishing. 2006. 375. 9780741436566. 2017-09-18. 2021-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205044701/https://books.google.com/books?id=3G5PPWXZNAIC&pg=PA375. live.
  2. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jefferson starship|chart=Adult Contemporary}} Jefferson Starship – Chart history]. Billboard.com. 13 May 2013.
  3. Book: Fenton, Craig. Have You Seen the Stars Tonite: The Jefferson Starship Flight Manual. 7 August 2008. 6. Craig Fenton . 9781438245348. 18 September 2017. 5 December 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211205044629/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Have_You_Seen_The_Stars_Tonite/Y9RDfjxEtF4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA6&printsec=frontcover. live.
  4. Top Singles, October 2, 1976. RPM. 26. 1. 41. May 13, 2013. September 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140915072207/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5077&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=4gsdc52rrc9q3r5fg79g32p325. live.
  5. News: CashBox Singles Reviews. July 31, 1976. 24. 2021-12-11. Cash Box.
  6. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-12 . 2016-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306234826/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4352&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=8kdb7467sd7ekelhfq3chbbq25 . live .
  7. Web site: Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977 . . . March 13, 2016 . June 10, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160610094136/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?file_num=nlc008388.5173b&brws_s=&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=u9874ano8k0c5b6bkp4r8qrbp3 . live .
  8. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1976/Top 100 Songs of 1976 . Musicoutfitters.com . 2016-10-12 . 2004-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040307155555/http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm . live .
  9. Web site: Marty Balin, Marty Balin Greatest Hits. . November 25, 2016. November 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161126001535/http://www.allmusic.com/album/marty-balin-greatest-hits-mw0000330423. live.

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