A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John song)

"A Little More Love"
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album Totally Hot
B-side "Borrowed Time"
Released 1978
Format 7" vinyl
Genre Pop rock
Length 3:29
Label MCA, EMI
Writer(s) John Farrar
Producer(s) John Farrar
Certification Gold (US)[1]
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
"Hopelessly Devoted to You"
(1978)		 "A Little More Love"
(1978)		 "Deeper Than the Night"
(1978)

A Little More Love was the lead single by English-born Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John from her 1978 album Totally Hot. It was a worldwide Top 10 hit single, peaking at #4 in the UK and #3 in the US. In Canada, it spent three weeks at #2 during February and March 1979, and was the seventh biggest Canadian hit of that year.[2]

In the US, Billboard magazine ranked "A Little More Love" as the 17th most popular song of 1979,[3] and Cash Box ranked it as 23rd for the year,[4] where it had peaked at #4.

The song can be heard on 2006 animated horror/comedy film Monster House.


Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1978-79) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 9
Belgium [5] 5
Canadian RPM 100 Singles [6] 2
Canadian Hot Adult Contemporany Tracks [7] 5
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart [8] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [9] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks [9] 4
U.S. Cash Box 3
UK Singles Chart [10] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 17
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[4] 23
Canadian RPM Top Singles[12] 7

References

  1. ↑ "American single certifications – Olivia Newton-John – A Little More Love". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  2. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.0125a&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=sef14rud3r0jr7dgle0ia4cmi0
  3. ↑ "Top Singles of the Year". Billboard. 22 December 1979. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html
  5. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard: 78. 17 February 1979. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "RPM 100 Singles". RPM 30 (21). 17 February 1979.
  7. ↑ "Adult Oriented Playlist". RPM 20 (21). 17 February 1979. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 24 February 1979. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Totally Hot - Olivia Newton-John : Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olivia Newton-John | Artist". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  11. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm
  12. ↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6855a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=covq21tdjt9mb8dcf38fhc0sf1

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