Give a Little Love (Bay City Rollers song)

"Give a Little Love"
Cover of German single
Single by Bay City Rollers
from the album Wouldn't You Like It?
B-side	"She'll Be Crying over You"
Released	July 1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	3:29
Label	Bell
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Goodison Phil Wainman
Producer(s)	Phil Wainman
Bay City Rollers singles chronology
"Bye Bye Baby" (1975) "Give a Little Love" (1975) "Don't Stop the Music" (1975)

"Give a Little Love" is a song by the Scottish boy band Bay City Rollers. It was written by Johnny Goodison and Phil Wainman, and produced by Wainman. "Give a Little Love" was released in July 1975^[2] as the only single from the Bay City Rollers third studio album, Wouldn't You Like It? It spent three weeks at number one on the UK singles chart,^[3] becoming the group's second and final UK number-one single, and was the sixth-biggest selling single of 1975 in the UK.^[4]

Unlike the single version, the original UK album version was augmented with a string section, while the US-only Bay City Rollers album had only the basic rhythm track and no strings. However, the song was not released as a single in the United States.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1975) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[5][6] 2 Ireland (IRMA)[7] 1 Norway (VG-lista)[8] 4 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 11 UK Singles (OCC)[10] 1 West Germany (GfK)[11] 11

Year-end charts Chart (1975) Position Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 29 UK Singles (British Market Research Bureau)[4] 6

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Young Love: Weenyboppers and Boy Bands". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 381. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
2. "Bristol still in fashion". Record Mirror. 28 June 1975. p. 3.
3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 315–6. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
4. "Top 50 Singles 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 25 – via World Radio History.
5. "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Books. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Give a Little Love". Irish Singles Chart.
8. "Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love". VG-lista.
9. "Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love". Singles Top 100.
10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
12. "British single certifications – Bay City Rollers – Give a Little Love". British Phonographic Industry.

External links

• Listen to "Give a Little Love" on YouTube