| "Love Is Alive" | ||||
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| Single by Gary Wright | ||||
| from the album The Dream Weaver | ||||
| B-side | "Much Higher" | |||
| Released | April 1976 | |||
| Genre | Synth-rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:54 (album) 3:24 (single) | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gary Wright | |||
| Producer(s) | Gary Wright | |||
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"Love Is Alive" is a song by Gary Wright taken from the 1975 album The Dream Weaver. It features Wright on vocals and keyboards and Andy Newmark on drums, with all music except for the drums produced on the keyboards. The album's title cut and "Love Is Alive" both peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] "Love Is Alive" spent 27 weeks on the chart, seven weeks longer than "Dream Weaver". Billboard ranked "Love Is Alive" as the No. 9 song of 1976.
In the US, "Love Is Alive" peaked at number two on the Hot 100, tied with "Dream Weaver" as his highest chart-topping single on that chart.[2] "Kiss and Say Goodbye" by The Manhattans and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee kept it from the number one spot.[3] In Canada, the song reached No. 6.[4]
- ^ Breihan, Tom (September 9, 2019). "The Number Ones: The Manhattans' "Kiss And Say Goodbye"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
Gary Wright's beautifully dazed synth-rock lope "Love Is Alive" peaked at #2 behind "Kiss And Say Goodbye".
- ^ a b [Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004]
- ^ Hot 100: Week of July 31, 1976 billboard.com
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-11.