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1976 single by Bread
"Lost Without Your Love"
Single by Bread
from the album Lost Without Your Love
B-side"Change of Heart"
ReleasedNovember 1976
GenreSoft rock
Length2:56
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)David Gates
Producer(s)David Gates
Bread singles chronology
"Aubrey"
(1973) 		"Lost Without Your Love"
(1976) 		"Hooked on You"
(1977)

"Lost Without Your Love" is a song written and composed by David Gates, and originally recorded by the soft rock group Bread, of which Gates was the leader and primary music producer. It is the title track of Bread's last album which was released in 1976, and the song became their final top 10 hit.

Allmusic critic Donald A. Guarisco described it as "a weepy David Gates ballad that added electronics to lush pop sound." The lyrics are melodramatic, containing lines such as "Since you left I can hardly make it through the day" and "I'm lost without your love/Life without you isn't worth the trouble of." The melody is in a minor key, with slower verses and a more energetic chorus. Unlike most Bread songs, where the guitar is the lead instrument, the lead instrument on "Lost Without Your Love" is the piano.

The single lasted 16 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, longer than any of their other songs except their greatest hit, "Make It With You". It became their comeback hit after an absence from the chart of three and a half years, during which time Gates began his solo career.

In the US, "Lost Without Your Love" peaked at number 9, and number 3 on the Easy Listening charts. Outside the US, "Lost Without Your Love" spent two weeks at number 8 in Canada and number 1 on the country's Easy Listening chart.

Classic Rock History critic John Tabacco rated it as Bread's 6th best song, calling it a "lush romantic love song".

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 19
Canadian RPM Top Singles 8
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 1
New Zealand (RIANZ) 23
UK Singles Chart 27
US Billboard Hot 100 9
US Billboard Easy Listening 3
US Cash Box Top 100 12

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles 86
US Billboard Hot 100 70
US Billboard Easy Listening 26

References

  1. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Lost Without Your Love". Allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  3. Tabacco, John. "The Top 10 Songs From The Group Bread". Classic Rock History. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  6. Flavour of New Zealand, 27 March 1977
  7. "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. February 5, 1977. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  8. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  9. "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  10. Billboard. December 24, 1977. p. Front cover. Retrieved October 12, 2016.

External links

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