"The Price of Love" is a song by the Everly Brothers, released in 1965. It charted at No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 3 on the Irish Singles Chart. It spent one week at No. 1 on the UK's NME chart, but in the US, the song failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
Cash Box described it as "a raunchy, pulsating bluesy thumper which delineates the problems of a modern-day teenager romance."
Chart performance Chart (1965)PeakpositionUnited Kingdom (Record Retailer)2United Kingdom (NME)1 U.S. BillboardJoel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
Bryan Ferry version
Bryan Ferry included a recording of the song on his album 1976 Let's Stick Together, and as the first track on the July 1976 EP Extended Play.Bryan Ferry EP on Discogs It reached No. 7 in the UK chart, peaked at No. 9 on the Australian Singles Chart and was the 69th biggest-selling single in Australia in 1976.
Lead guitar was performed by Chris Spedding.
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