How Much Love (Leo Sayer song)

"How Much Love"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Endless Flight[1]
B-side"I Hear the Laughter"
ReleasedMarch 1977
GenrePop
Length3:38
LabelWarner Brothers
Songwriter(s)Barry Mann and Leo Sayer
Producer(s)Richard Perry
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"When I Need You"
(1977) 		"How Much Love"
(1977) 		"Thunder In My Heart"
(1977)
Music Video
"How Much Love" on YouTube

"How Much Love" is a popular song from 1977 by the British singer Leo Sayer. It was the third of three single releases from Sayer's 1976 album, Endless Flight. The song was co-written by Sayer with Barry Mann.

The song became an international Top 10 hit. Although it reached only number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, it hit number 9 on the U.S. Cashbox Top 100,[2] and number 10 in the UK.[3]

"How Much Love" was a bigger hit in Canada, where it peaked at number 4 and was the 57th biggest hit of 1977.[4][5] It also reached the Top 10 on the Canadian AC chart.

Chicago radio station WLS, which gave "How Much Love" airplay, ranked the song as the 62nd biggest hit of 1977.[6] It reached as high as number 5 on their weekly singles survey.[7]

  1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". AllMusic. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 9/10/77". Archived from the original on 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  3. ^ "How Much Love". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  4. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ^ "WLS MUSICRADIO "BIG 89 OF 1977"". Oldiesloon.com. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  7. ^ "WLS MUSICRADIO 89". Oldiesloon.com. 1977-09-17. Retrieved 2014-03-24.