Let My Love Open the Door

"Let My Love Open the Door"
Single by Pete Townshend
from the album Empty Glass
B-side"Greyhound Girl"
ReleasedJune 4, 1980
Genre
Length2:44
LabelAtco
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)Chris Thomas
Pete Townshend UK singles chronology
"Rough Boys"
(1980)
"Let My Love Open the Door"
(1980)
"A Little Is Enough"
(1980)
Pete Townshend US singles chronology
"Keep Me Turning"
(1977)
"Let My Love Open the Door"
(1980)
"A Little Is Enough"
(1980)

"Let My Love Open the Door" is a song written and performed by Pete Townshend from his 1980 album Empty Glass. That year, it reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.[3][4] It peaked at number five on RPM's Top 100 singles chart.[5]

Soon after the single's release, Record World anticipated that the song would "turn on pop radio to what AOR has known for weeks."[6]

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  3. ^ Unterberger, Richie (2012-06-14). "Let My Love Open the Door". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 21, 2012. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  4. ^ "Pete Townshend, 'Empty Glass' | 100 Best Albums of the Eighties". Rolling Stone. 1989-11-16. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  5. ^ Canada, Library and Archives (July 17, 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  6. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. June 14, 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 20 February 2023.