Give a Little Love (Bay City Rollers song)

"Give a Little Love"
Cover of German single
Single by Bay City Rollers
from the album Wouldn't You Like It?
B-side"She'll Be Crying over You"
ReleasedJuly 1975
Recorded1975
GenrePop[1]
Length3:29
LabelBell
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Phil Wainman
Bay City Rollers singles chronology
"Bye Bye Baby"
(1975) 		"Give a Little Love"
(1975) 		"Don't Stop the Music"
(1975)

"Give a Little Love" is a song by the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers. It was written by Johnny Goodison and Phil Wainman, and produced by Wainman. "Give a Little Love" was released in July 1975[2] as the only single from the Bay City Rollers third studio album, Wouldn't You Like It? It spent three weeks at number one on the UK singles chart,[3] becoming the group's second and final UK number-one single, and was the sixth-biggest selling single of 1975 in the UK.[4]

Unlike the single version, the original UK album version was augmented with a string section, while the US-only Bay City Rollers album had only the basic rhythm track and no strings. However, the song was not released as a single in the United States.

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Young Love: Weenyboppers and Boy Bands". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. ^ "Bristol still in fashion". Record Mirror. 28 June 1975. p. 3.
  3. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 315–6. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. ^ a b "Top 50 Singles 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 25 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Books. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Give a Little Love". Irish Singles Chart.
  8. ^ "Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love". VG-lista.
  9. ^ "Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love". Singles Top 100.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  12. ^ "British single certifications – Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love". British Phonographic Industry.
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