"A Little More Love" is a song recorded by British-Australian singer
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...
for her tenth studio
album
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, ''
Totally Hot
''Totally Hot'' is the tenth studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 21 November 1978. Commercially, it became her first top-ten album on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart since ''Have You Never Been Mellow'' (1975). ...
'' (1978). Written and produced by Newton-John's long-time
record producer
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John Farrar
John Clifford Farrar ( ; born 8 November 1946) is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–64), The Stra ...
, the song was released as the
lead single
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from ''Totally Hot'' in October 1978 and became a worldwide
hit single
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.
In the United States, "A Little More Love" reached its peak position of number three on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 in February 1979, and peaked at number four on the
Adult Contemporary
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chart. In Canada, it spent three weeks at position number two on the
''RPM'' Top Singles chart during February and March 1979, and was the seventh biggest hit of that year. It also reached number five on the ''RPM'' Adult Contemporary chart. In the United Kingdom, the song reached number 4, and stayed on the charts for 12 weeks.
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'']Record World
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'' said the song is "more rock-oriented than ewton-John'spast pop efforts, and with a song as good as this one, the transition should be a pleasing one."
''Billboard
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'' magazine ranked "A Little More Love" as the 17th most popular song of 1979, and ''Cash Box
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'' magazine ranked it as 23rd for the year, where it had peaked at number four in March 1979.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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1978 songs
1979 singles
Olivia Newton-John songs
Songs written by John Farrar
Song recordings produced by John Farrar
MCA Records singles
EMI Records singles