Easy to Love (Leo Sayer song)

"Easy to Love" is a song recorded by Leo Sayer for the album Thunder in My Heart, and originally released as a single in 1977. It was co-written by Sayer with Albert Hammond. It was the second single from the LP, the follow-up to the title track.

"Easy to Love"
Single by Leo Sayer
from the album Thunder in My Heart
B-side"Haunting Me"
ReleasedDecember 1977
Recorded1977
GenrePop, soft rock
Length3:44
LabelIsland
Songwriter(s)Leo Sayer, Albert Hammond
Producer(s)Richard Perry
Leo Sayer singles chronology
"Thunder in My Heart"
(1977)		 "Easy to Love"
(1977)		 "Raining in My Heart"
(1978)

"Easy to Love" reached number 36 in the United States and number 35 in Canada.[1][2] It did best in New Zealand, where it spent 10 weeks in the Top 40 and peaked at number 19.[3]

The song was re-recorded in Spanish by singer Lani Hall as "Es Fácil Amar," and appeared as the title track of her 1985 Latin Grammy-winning album of the same name, produced by Hammond.

Personnel

Chart history
Chart (1977–78) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[2] 35
New Zealand (RIANZ)[3] 19
U.S. Pop Singles[1] 36

References
  1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-02-18. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  3. Flavour of New Zealand, 21 May 1978
  4. Thunder in My Heart (Album credits). Warner Bros. 1977.


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