Let Your Love Flow
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"Let Your Love Flow" is the title of a pop song written by Larry E. Williams, a former roadie for Neil Diamond
, and made popular by the American country music
duo The Bellamy Brothers. It was offered to Neil Diamond first, but he turned it down.
This record was a crossover hit in the United States, reaching Number One on the 1976 Billboard Hot 100
charts, #2 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
, and #21 on Hot Country Singles. It was also an international hit, landing on the charts in the UK
, Scandinavia
and West Germany
, where the Bellamy Brothers' record spent five weeks at #1 followed by "Ein Bett im Kornfeld", a German language
adaptation of the song recorded by Jürgen Drews
, which spent the next six weeks at #1. In 2008 the song was used in an advert in the United Kingdom
for Barclaycard
. Subsequently, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart
and peaked at #21.
Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond is an American singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades from the 1960s until the present....
, and made popular by the American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
duo The Bellamy Brothers. It was offered to Neil Diamond first, but he turned it down.
This record was a crossover hit in the United States, reaching Number One on the 1976 Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
charts, #2 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
, and #21 on Hot Country Singles. It was also an international hit, landing on the charts in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
and West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
, where the Bellamy Brothers' record spent five weeks at #1 followed by "Ein Bett im Kornfeld", a German language
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
adaptation of the song recorded by Jürgen Drews
Jürgen Drews
Jürgen Drews is a German singer.-Life:In his childhood Drews lived in Schleswig. After school Drews studied medicine in Kiel at the University of Kiel, but dropped out of medical school to work as a singer....
, which spent the next six weeks at #1. In 2008 the song was used in an advert in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
for Barclaycard
Barclaycard
Barclaycard, part of Barclays Retail and Business Banking, is a global payment business. The Barclaycard was the first credit card introduced in the UK, coming into service in 1966. It enjoyed a monopoly until the introduction of the Access card in 1972....
. Subsequently, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
and peaked at #21.
Chart performance
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 21 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 3 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| Canada RPM Country Tracks | 42 |
| West German Media Control Charts | 1 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| Austria Top 40 | 1 |
| Sweden Singles Chart | 2 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 2 |
| Norwegian Singles Charts | 2 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart | 7 |
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart | 21 |