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". The song was written by Johnny Edward (creator and voice of fictional robot TV character

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) and his wife Sue. Edward also produced the song and released it on his own label, Hollywood Records. "Save Your Love" entered the

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on 13 November 1982 at number 38. However, it began to pick up sales during the

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period, and six weeks after its debut was at the top of the charts, resulting in it being played on ''

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'' and many radio stations. It was the first ever completely

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number one, and it sold some 980,000 copies. Renée (whose real name was Hilary Lester), did not appear in the video for "Save Your Love"; instead, she was replaced by a model.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Critical reception

"Save Your Love" was ranked at Number 5 on a '' Daily Telegraph'' list of the "Worst Christmas number ones of all time".

Cover version

A Dutch version with the title "Niemand laat zijn eigen kind alleen" ("No one leaves their own child alone") was recorded by

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with his daughter

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. This version reached Number 4 in the Dutch charts in 1982.

References

External links

John Edward's page about the song
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