Love Is Like Oxygen

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"Love Is Like Oxygen"
Single by Sweet
from the album Level Headed
B-side"Cover Girl"
Released6 January 1978[1]
Recorded1977
Genre
, progressive rock
Length
  • 6:57 (album version)
  • 3:46 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Sweet
Sweet singles chronology
"Funk It Up"
(1977) 		"Love Is Like Oxygen"
(1978) 		"California Nights"
(1978)
"Love Is Like Oxygen"
France single
"Love Is Like Oxygen"
Netherlands single

"Love Is Like Oxygen" is a song by the

vocal harmonies. The extended album version of the song (6 minutes 57 seconds), which appeared on their album Level Headed, incorporates strings and has some disco
elements.

Their first release on the

Polydor label after their departure from RCA, it was also their last Top 10 hit, reaching No. 4 in New Zealand; No. 6 in Switzerland; No. 8 in Belgium, Canada, and the United States; No. 9 in the United Kingdom and Australia; and No. 10 in West Germany
.

Later that year it was honoured with a Song of the Year nomination at the Ivor Novello Awards, although beaten by "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty. The song is frequently included on greatest hits compilations, usually in its edited single version.

Chart performance

References

  1. ^ "Sweet - The Polydor Albums". Discogs.com. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. AllMusic
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  3. ISBN 978-0-8264-2783-0
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  4. ISBN 978-0-922915-69-9
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  5. ^ Breihan, Tom (December 20, 2019). "The Number Ones: The Rolling Stones' "Miss You"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 7, 2023. "Love Is Like Oxygen" attempted to fuse slick, nervy disco stomp with the gleaming studio-rock of bands like Boston...
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  7. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts". Musicline.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Love Is Like Oxygen". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  9. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  10. ^ "UK Official Charts". Official Charts Company. 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  11. ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ^ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
  13. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly Top 200 Singles of '78". bac-lac.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  14. ^ "Top Selling Singles of 1978 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1978-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  15. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.

External links

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