Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

For the Modern Talking song, see Give Me Peace on Earth.

"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)"
Single by George Harrison
from the album Living in the Material World
B-side	"Miss O'Dell"
Released	7 May 1973 (US) 25 May 1973 (UK)
Format	7"
Genre	Folk Rock
Length	3:38
Label	Apple Records R5988 (UK)
Writer(s)	George Harrison
Producer	George Harrison
George Harrison singles chronology
"Bangla Desh" (1971) "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" (1973) "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" (1974)

"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" is a song by George Harrison and the lead track on his 1973 album Living in the Material World. The song was released as a single in May 1973, hitting number one in the US Billboard Hot 100 at the end of June and number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Harrison's single replaced "My Love" by his former bandmate from The Beatles, Paul McCartney, at the top of Hot 100 chart, and in turn was replaced at number one by "Will It Go Round in Circles" by Billy Preston, who played with Harrison and McCartney during the sessions for Let It Be in 1969. For the week ending June 30, 1973, Harrison's, McCartney's and Preston's songs were all ranked #1, #2 and #3, respectively - marking the only time two of the Beatles occupied the top two chart positions after the group's break-up.

In 2010, AOL radio listeners chose "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" as one of the 10 Best George Harrison Songs, appearing at #5 on the list.

Chart positions

Chart (1973)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	1
US Billboard AC	4
Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart	7
Dutch Singles Chart	7
UK Singles Chart	8
German Media Control Singles Chart	28
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	37

Cover versions

• Marisa Monte covered "Give Me Love" on her 1997 live album A Great Noise. Her version included a short piece of Janis Joplin's song "Me and Bobby McGee".
• Steve Wood and Daniel May composed music to the 1997 documentary film Everest that used couple of Harrison's songs. "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" was partially used in the number titled "The Journey Begins".^{[citation needed]}
• Jeff Lynne performed this song at the Concert for George in 2002.
• Dave Davies of The Kinks released a version of the song on his Songs from the Material World - a Tribute to George Harrison in 2003 and later on his Kinked album in 2006.
• Elliott Smith performed this song at the Crystal Ballroom in 2001.
• Broadway actress Sherie Rene Scott featured this song in her biographical musical "Everyday Rapture" as the finale number.
• Ron Sexsmith has performed this song in his live concerts
• Sting, James Taylor and Elton John performed this song at the April 3, 2002 Rainforest Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City, with each of them singing a verse.

References

Preceded by "My Love" by Paul McCartney and Wings

Billboard Hot 100 number-one single June 30, 1973

Succeeded by "Will It Go Round in Circles" by Billy Preston