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"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album If You Love Me, Let Me Know
B-side
  • "Rosewater" (Australia)
  • "Brotherly Love" (US, Canada and rest of world)
ReleasedApril 1974
Genre Country, pop
Length3:12
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) John Rostill
Producer(s) John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
" Long Live Love"
(1974) 		"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
(1974) 		" I Honestly Love You"
(1974)

"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" is a song written by John Rostill that was a 1974 hit single for Olivia Newton-John. It was her second release to hit the top 10 in the United States, reaching number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart. [1] It also reached number 2 on the Billboard country chart. [2] As with her single " Let Me Be There", Mike Sammes sings a bass harmony. [3] It was nominated for the 1974 Country Music Association Award for Single of the Year. [4]

Record World said that "Another John Rostill tune produced in the style of ' Let Me Be There' should guarantee a similar kind of success saga for her follow-up." [5]

TV performance

Newton-John performed the song along with Andy Gibb and ABBA on the 1978 ABC-TV special Olivia!. [6]

Chart performance

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 181.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 299. ISBN  978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ Morse, Ann; Keely, John (1 March 1976). Olivia Newton-John. Creative Education.
  4. ^ "CMA Awards Past Winners & Nominees".
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 30 March 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  6. ^ Cole, Ian (2020). "What I'll Do". ABBA: Song by Song. Fonthill Media. p. 153. ISBN  978-1781557853.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 217. ISBN  0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ " Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 5050." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  9. ^ " Top RPM Singles: Issue 5064a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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  11. ^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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  14. ^ "Olivia Newton-John Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  15. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN  978-0-89820-209-0.
  16. ^ "CashBox Country Top 75" (PDF). Cashbox. Vol. 36, no. 5. 15 June 1974. p. 34.
  17. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
  18. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  19. ^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1974". Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  20. ^ "Hot 100 Songs - Year-End". Billboard. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Hot Country Songs - Year-End". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Top 100 Singles of 1974" (PDF). Cashbox. Vol. 36, no. 31. 28 December 1974. p. 20.
  23. ^ "Top 100 Country Singles of 1974" (PDF). Cashbox. Vol. 36, no. 31. 28 December 1974. p. 118.
  24. ^ Whitburn 2008, pp. 99-100

External links

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