| "Give a Little Love" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Give_a_Little_Love_-_Bay_City_Rollers.jpg) Cover of German single | ||||
| Single by Bay City Rollers | ||||
| from the album Wouldn't You Like It? | ||||
| B-side | "She'll Be Crying over You" | |||
| Released | July 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Pop[1] | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Phil Wainman | |||
| Bay City Rollers singles chronology | ||||
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"Give a Little Love" is a song by the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers. It was written by Johnny Goodison and Phil Wainman, and produced by Wainman. "Give a Little Love" was released in July 1975[2] as the only single from the Bay City Rollers third studio album, Wouldn't You Like It? It spent three weeks at number one on the UK singles chart,[3] becoming the group's second and final UK number-one single, and was the sixth-biggest selling single of 1975 in the UK.[4]
Unlike the single version, the original UK album version was augmented with a string section, while the US-only Bay City Rollers album had only the basic rhythm track and no strings. However, the song was not released as a single in the United States.
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- ^ "Bristol still in fashion". Record Mirror. 28 June 1975. p. 3.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 315–6. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "Top 50 Singles 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 25 – via World Radio History.