"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was first released in June 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album ''

Changing All the Time ''Changing All the Time'' is the second studio album by the English rock band Smokie, released in September 1975. Early pressings of the album had been made with the original band's name "Smokey", but in November 1975 it was announced that the ...

''. Like the band's first single " Pass It Around", the song was composed by

Nicky Chinn Nicholas Barry Chinn (born 16 May 1945) is an English-American songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several international number- ...

and

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian-American record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suzi ...

. Upon its release, "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" became a chart success all over Europe, peaking at No. 2 in Ireland, No. 3 in Sweden, No. 6 in Norway, No. 8 in Germany and No. 15 in the Netherlands. It took six weeks for the song to debut in the

UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-s ...

on 19 July 1975. After a few days, Smokie appeared on BBC show ''

Top of the Pops ''Top of the Pops'' (''TOTP'') is a British Record chart, music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006. The programme was the world's longest-running weekly music show ...

'', and this helped the song to climb the charts. The single eventually peaked at No. 3 on the UK charts, during a nine-week stay on that chart. A second version of the song was included in the 1988 album ''All Fired Up'', sung by

Alan Barton Alan Leslie Barton (16 September 1953 – 23 March 1995) was a British singer and member of the hit record, hit-making duet (music), duo Black Lace (band), Black Lace. Their hits included "Agadoo", "Superman (Black Lace song), Superman" and their ...

. The original 1975 version was sung by

Chris Norman Christopher Ward Norman (born 25 October 1950) is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the original lead singer of the English rock band Smokie (band), Smokie, (1964–1986), who found success in Europe in the 1970s. "Stumblin' In", a 1978 ...

Pat Benatar Patricia Mae Giraldo (''née'' Andrzejewski, formerly Benatar; born January 10, 1953), known professionally as Pat Benatar, is an American rock singer and songwriter. In the United States, she has had two multi-platinum albums, five platinum alb ...

recorded the song in 1979 for her debut album " In the Heat of the Night", released as the second single from that album in October 1979.

Track listing

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

Smokie discography 1975-1982
{{authority control Smokie (band) songs 1975 singles Songs written by Nicky Chinn Songs written by Mike Chapman Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Jim Capaldi songs Rex Smith songs 1975 songs RAK Records singles