If You Can't Give Me Love

"If You Can't Give Me Love"
"If You Can't Give Me Love"
Single by Suzi Quatro
from the album If You Knew Suzi...
B-side	"Cream Dream" (UK); "Non-Citizen" (US);
Released	March 1978 (UK); May 1979 (US)
Genre	Soft rock, bubblegum pop
Label	RSO
Songwriter(s)	Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
Suzi Quatro singles chronology

"If You Can't Give Me Love" is a 1978 song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, performed by Suzi Quatro from her album If You Knew Suzi.... It became an international hit in the spring of the year, reaching number four in the United Kingdom^[1] and number five in Germany. It also reached the Top 10 in Australia.

"If You Can't Give Me Love" was released a year later in North America, it was less successful in the U.S. at number 45. It was the follow-up to her bigger hit "Stumblin' In," which reached number four. This charting was the reverse of the songs' charting in the United Kingdom, where "If You Can't Give Me Love" reached number four and "Stumblin' In," released later, narrowly missed the Top 40.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1978–79)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	10
Canada RPM Top Singles^[2]	55
Germany	5
Ireland (IRMA)^[3]	2
New Zealand (RIANZ)^[4]	14
South Africa (Springbok)^[5]	3
UK^[6]	4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[7]	45
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	53

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[8]	45
UK ^[9]	48

Other versions

Ohio Express recorded the song in 2006 on their LP The Best of 40 Years.

References

^ UK Official Charts, March 18, 1978
^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-07-07. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – If You Can't Give Me Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
^ NZ Top 40 Singles, 2 July 1978
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ UK Official Charts, March 18, 1978
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.
^ Scaping, Peter, ed. (1979). "Top 200 Singles in 1978". BPI Year Book 1979 (4th ed.). London, England: The British Phonographic Industry Ltd. pp. 186–89. ISBN 0-906154-02-2.

External links

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[1] UK Official Charts, March 18, 1978

[2] "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-07-07. Retrieved 2018-08-13.

[sc_Ireland2_-3] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – If You Can't Give Me Love". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

[4] NZ Top 40 Singles, 2 July 1978

[5] "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 1 September 2018.

[6] UK Official Charts, March 18, 1978

[7] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[8] "Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978". Kent Music Report. Retrieved 8 January 2022 – via Imgur.com.

[9] Scaping, Peter, ed. (1979). "Top 200 Singles in 1978". BPI Year Book 1979 (4th ed.). London, England: The British Phonographic Industry Ltd. pp. 186–89. ISBN 0-906154-02-2.

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