Give a Little Love (Bay City Rollers song)

"Give a Little Love"
Single by Bay City Rollers
from the album Wouldn't You Like It
B-side "She'll Be Crying Over You"
Released 1975
Format 7" Vinyl
Recorded 1975
Genre Pop
Length 3:29
Label Arista, Bell
Writer(s) Phil Wainman and Johnny Goodison
Producer(s) Phil Wainman and Johnny Goodison

"Give a Little Love", by the Bay City Rollers, was a UK number-one single for three weeks in July 1975.[1] It was written by John Goodison and Phil Wainman and produced by Wainman. It was the band's second and final UK number one, and was the 11th biggest British hit of 1975.[2] The original UK album version (on the LP Wouldn't You Like It) was augmented with a string section, while the US-only Bay City Rollers album had only the basic rhythm track and no strings.

This song was not released in the United States or Canada, and therefore failed to chart. Their follow-up hit a few months later, however, "Saturday Night," reached No. 1 in the United States and Canada, but was not re-released in the UK after having failed to chart in 1973.

Track listing

  1. "Give a Little Love" — 3:29
  2. "She'll Be Crying Over You" — 3:12

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia [3] 2
Germany [4] 11
Ireland 1
Norway 4
UK[1] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Rank
Australia [5] 29
UK [6] 6

References

  1. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 315–6. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. ↑ "Top 100 1975 - UK Music Charts". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  3. ↑ David Kent's "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992"
  4. ↑ "INFINITY CHARTS: German Top 20". Ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  6. ↑ "Britain's best selling records of '75". Record Mirror. London: Billboard. January 10, 1976. p. 12. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

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Preceded by
"Tears on my Pillow" by Johnny Nash		 UK number-one single
19 July 1975 		Succeeded by
"Barbados" by Typically Tropical


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