For Your Love

This article is about the Yardbirds song. For the Yardbirds album, see For Your Love (album). For other uses, see For Your Love (disambiguation).

"For Your Love"
Italian picture sleeve
Single by the Yardbirds
B-side"Got to Hurry"
Released
  • 5 March 1965 (UK)
  • 9 April 1965 (1965-04-09) (US)
Recorded1 February 1965[1][2]
StudioIBC, London
Genre
Length2:38
Label
Songwriter(s)Graham Gouldman
Producer(s)Giorgio Gomelsky
The Yardbirds UK singles chronology
"Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
(1964) 		"For Your Love"
(1965) 		"Heart Full of Soul"
(1965)
The Yardbirds US singles chronology
"I Wish You Would"
(1964) 		"For Your Love"
(1965) 		"Heart Full of Soul"
(1965)

"For Your Love" is a rock song written by Graham Gouldman and recorded by the English group the Yardbirds. Released in March 1965, it was their first top ten hit in both the UK and the US. The song was a departure from the group's blues roots in favour of a more commercial pop rock sound. Guitarist Eric Clapton disapproved of this change, and chose to leave the group shortly after the single was released.[5][6][7]

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