"All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" is a song composed by Steve Eaton. Previously recorded by The Righteous Brothers in 1975, it was popularized by the Carpenters in 1977. It was released to the public on May 21, 1977. Its B-side was "I Have You", a song released on the A Kind of Hush album in 1976. The song was also included on their 1977 album, Passage.
In the late 1970s, this particular track appeared in a Top 10 of misheard lyrics (and is often on similar forums online). This was compiled by Noel Edmonds and the misheard lyric sounds like: "Because the best love songs are written with a broken arm," as opposed to the correct lyrics "Because the best love songs are written with a broken heart."The Complete Guide to the Music of the Carpenters by John Tobler, Omnibus Press, 1998.
Charts Weekly charts Chart (1977)PeakpositionUS Cashbox Radio Active Airplay Singles11Canadian (RPM) Top Singles 38Canadian (RPM) Adult Contemporary5Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart68Australia (Kent Music Report)89US Cash Box Top 100 43
Year-end charts Chart (1977)RankUS Adult Contemporary (Billboard)Billboard, December 24, 1977.29
Personnel Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals Richard Carpenter – Fender Rhodes electric piano, piano, orchestration Joe Osborn – bass guitar Ed Greene – drums Tony Peluso – guitar Ray Parker Jr. – guitar Tommy Vig - congas Jerry Steinholtz - percussion Tom Scott – tenor saxophone, baritone sax, flute Julia Tillman – backing vocals Carlene Williams – backing vocals Maxine Willard – backing vocals
Music video The music video to "All You Get from Love Is a Love Song" takes place in the A&M Studios. It starts off with the bongo drum and fades into a camera angle zooming towards Karen Carpenter. At the end of the video, the performance fades into a picture of the Carpenters' Hollywood Walk of Fame Star, which is the beginning to the video "Top of the World", performed on The Carpenters' First Television Special in 1976. It can be found on the DVD Gold: Greatest Hits. The tenor saxophone solo was performed by Tom Scott (also the tenor sax soloist on "Jazzman" by Carole King), who was then one of the hottest "session players" of the '70s.
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