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"Let Your Love Flow"
Song
B-side"Inside My Guitar"

"Let Your Love Flow" is the title of a pop song written by Larry E. Williams, a former roadie for Neil Diamond,[1] and made popular by the American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. Diamond was initially offered the opportunity to record the song, but he declined. The song was first recorded by Gene Cotton prior to the Bellamy Brothers, but Cotton never secured the rights.

The song 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,[2] where the Bellamy Brothers' record spent five weeks at #1. In 2008, the song re-entered the UK Singles Chart following its appearance in an advertisement in the United Kingdom for Barclaycard, where it peaked at #21.

In other media, it was used in the 1980 Tatum O'Neal film Little Darlings, the 2008 period drama Swingtown, and season 2 episode 'No Room at the Inn' of the HBO series The Leftovers.

The song has been covered by numerous other artists, most notably Joan Baez, who included it on her 1979 Honest Lullaby album. Another re-recording by the Bellamy brothers with Gölä is included on the album The Greatest Hits Sessions. "Ein Bett im Kornfeld", a German language adaptation of the song recorded by Jürgen Drews, spent eleven weeks at #1 in West Germany in 1976.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1976) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 6
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 3
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) 1
Canada Country Tracks (RPM) 42
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 1
Ireland (IRMA) 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[6] 6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[8] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 1
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 7
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12] 2
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[13] 21
Chart (2008) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 21
Chart (2010) Peak
position
Swiss Singles Chart 45A
  • AFeaturing Gölä.

References

  1. ^ "Bellamy Brothers". Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ^ Erlewhine, Stephen Thomas. "The Bellamy Brothers biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  3. ^ Hit Bilanz Deutsche Chart Singles 1956-1980, p. 347. Taurus Press, Hamburg
  4. ^ "Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  5. ^ "Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bellamy Brothers" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  7. ^ "Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow". Top 40 Singles.
  8. ^ "Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow". VG-lista.
  9. ^ "Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow". Singles Top 100.
  10. ^ "Bellamy Brothers – Let Your Love Flow". Swiss Singles Chart.
  11. ^ "The Bellamy Brothers Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  12. ^ "The Bellamy Brothers Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "The Bellamy Brothers Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
May 1, 1976 (one week) 		Succeeded by


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