Love Is the Answer (Utopia song)

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"Love Is the Answer"
Single by Utopia
from the album Oops! Wrong Planet
B-side"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"
ReleasedOctober 14, 1977
Recorded1977
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length4:10
LabelBearsville
Songwriter(s)Todd Rundgren
Producer(s)Todd Rundgren
Utopia singles chronology
"Communion with the Sun"
(1977)
"Love Is the Answer"
(1977)
"Set Me Free"
(1980)

"Love Is the Answer" is a song written by Todd Rundgren and performed with his band Utopia. It is the closing track on their 1977 album Oops! Wrong Planet, and was the only single released from the album.

England Dan & John Ford Coley version[edit]

"Love Is the Answer"
Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley
from the album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive
B-side"Running After You"
ReleasedMarch 1979
Genre
Length4:42
LabelBig Tree
Songwriter(s)Todd Rundgren
Producer(s)Kyle Lehning[1]
England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology
"Westward Wind"
(1978)
"Love Is the Answer"
(1979)
"What Can I Do with This Broken Heart"
(1979)

In 1979, American soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley released their version as the lead single from their seventh studio album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive. It reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] in May 1979[3] and spent two weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[4] John Ford Coley was quoted as saying: "Of all the songs we released as singles, that was my favorite. The song first of all had a classical base, and the middle had a gospel section which I loved."[4]

Charts[edit]

Weekly chart (1979) Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 10
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 45

Other versions[edit]

The song has been covered several times by Christian and mainstream artists.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "45cat - England Dan and John Ford Coley - Love Is the Answer / Running After You". Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 02 1979". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
  3. ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 26, 1979. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), p. 228.
  5. ^ "1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 51. December 22, 1979. p. TIA-10.
  6. ^ "Love Is the Answer | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.