Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)

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Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) was a UK #1 single in August 1975 for three weeks by The Stylistics.

After splitting from producer Thom Bell in 1974 writer/producers Hugo Creatore, Luigi Perreti and George David Weiss took over with arrangements by Van McCoy. Although the split with Bell proved disastrous in the US, The Stylistics continued to be popular in the UK and this was their first and only UK #1 single.

In 1991 this song was covered by Thomas Anders of (Modern Talking fame) both in English and in Spanish.

In 2006, their hit single "I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" was used as the base for a Japanese advertisement campaign by Gatsby to launch their new male hair styling product "Moving Rubber". The campaign was highly successful due in no small part to the catchy nature of the tune and that the commercial featured one of Japan's most popular celebrities Takuya Kimura of the pop group SMAP. They were also featured guests on SMAP's television show SMAPXSMAP one of the highest rated shows in Japan to promote the "Moving Rubber" product with Takuya Kimura.