Without Your Love (Roger Daltrey song) explained

Without Your Love
Cover:Without-your-love-roger-daltrey.jpeg
Caption:Cover of the Netherlands release
Type:single
Artist:Roger Daltrey
Album:McVicar
Released:September 1980
Recorded:1980
Length:3:17
Label:Polydor
Producer:Jeff Wayne
Prev Title:Free Me
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Walking in My Sleep
Next Year:1984

"Without Your Love" is a song released in 1980 by Roger Daltrey of The Who written by Billy Nicholls and was a hit for him on his album McVicar. The song was included in the soundtrack of the film McVicar, a bio-pic of English bank robber John McVicar, that was produced by Daltrey and also featured him in the starring role. The original version of the song was by Billy Nicholls himself with his band White Horse in 1977.[1]

The single was produced by Jeff Wayne and recorded at Advision Studios, London with Daltrey's vocals recorded at Air Studios, Montserrat, West Indies.

Track listings

US release[2]
Belgium & Spain releases
Netherlands release[3]

Charts

"Without Your Love" was released as a single in the United States, and in various European countries in 1980 and peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] It was also a minor hit in the UK, reaching No. 55 in the UK Singles Chart, and was a big hit in the Netherlands reaching No. 2 there.

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)Position
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[5] 52
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 21

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - WITHOUT YOUR LOVE. Originals.be. 25 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Roger Daltrey – Without Your Love / Escape Part 1 (1980, Vinyl). 25 April 2021. Discogs.com.
  3. Web site: Roger Daltrey – Without Your Love / My Time Is Gonna Come (1980, Vinyl). 25 April 2021. Discogs.com.
  4. Jancik, Wayne (1998). The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders. New York: Billboard Books, p. 403,
  5. Web site: Jaaroverzichten 1981. Ultratop. 20 November 2021.
  6. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1981. Dutch Top 40. 20 November 2021.
  7. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Single 1981. dutchcharts.nl. 20 November 2021.