"Love's Such a Wonderful Thing" is a song released in 1977 by the UK band

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taken from their album ''4 from 8''. The song peaked at #33 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

The song was written, arranged and produced by brothers

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. The B side "Topsy Turvy" was written by the Amoo brothers but produced and arranged by Jerome Rimson.45ca
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Samplings of "So Much Love to Give"

The song contains the lyrics "I've got so much love to give". The phrase and music has become popular by various DJ and music producers and subject of many adaptations. The French house duo

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, consisting of

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used the line and music in their release "

So Much Love to Give "So Much Love to Give" is a 2002 single released by French house duo Together, consisting of Thomas Bangalter and DJ Falcon. It experienced widespread success in 2005 when sampled by British duo Freeloaders. The 12-inch single was released with ...

". The 12" single released in 2002 contains the sample repeating it throughout the song. The sample was also used by Freeloaders in their 2005 single also titled "So Much Love to Give", which reached #9 on the UK chart. The music segment but without the actual usage of the phrase "So much love" was utilized in

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2005 hit " You and Me" The sample for "So Much Love" was also used by Fedde Le Grand in his song "So Much Love" in 2011. The Hungarian deep house / progressive house DJs

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used it in their song "So Much Love" in 2016.

References

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