Love Is the Answer (Utopia song)

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Love Is the Answer (Utopia song) - Wikipedia

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"Love Is the Answer"

One of side-A labels of the US single

Single by England Dan & John Ford Coley

from the album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive

B-side

"Running After You"

Released

March 1979

Genre

Soft rock

Length

4:42

Todd Rundgren

England Dan & John Ford Coley singles chronology

"Westward Wind"
(1978)

"Love Is the Answer"
(1979)

"What Can I Do with This Broken Heart"
(1979)

"Love Is the Answer" is a song written by Todd Rundgren and performed with his band Utopia. It is the closing track on their 1977 album Oops! Wrong Planet, and was the only single released from the album.

England Dan & John Ford Coley version

In 1979, American soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley released their version as the lead single from their seventh studio album Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive. It reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart^[1] in May 1979^[2] and spent two weeks atop the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[3] John Ford Coley was quoted as saying: "Of all the songs we released as singles, that was my favorite. The song first of all had a classical base, and the middle had a gospel section which I loved."^[3]

Dan Seals, the "England Dan" half of the duo, re-recorded the song in 1995 in an acoustic country music style for the album In a Quiet Room.

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[4]	33
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[5]	18
UK Singles (OCC)^[6]	45
US Billboard Hot 100^[7]	10
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[7]	1

Other versions

The song has been covered several times by Christian and mainstream artists.

Keni Burke covered it on his 1981 album You're The Best on RCA Victor Records

Sheila Walsh recorded it in 1988 for her album Say So, and performed it on her very first The 700 Club appearance as co-hostess.
Bill Cantos and Justo Almario covered it in 1995 for the album Who Are You.
Cindy Morgan covered it in 2000 for her greatest hits album, Best So Far.
Bob Carlisle and Bryan Duncan recorded a gospel blues version in 2001.
Filipino singer Gary Valenciano covered the song on his 2001 album, Revive.
In 2004, it was the title track of Glen Campbell's album Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love.
A cover of this song is a bonus track on the Limited Edition CD of Rick Springfield's The Day After Yesterday (2005).
British singer Rumer released in 2015 an EP named "Love is the answer" with a cover in it.
Foxes and Fossils covered the song in 2020.

References

^ "Chart Listing For The Week Of Jun 02 1979". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2009.
^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. May 26, 1979. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), p. 228.
^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4780a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4772." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ "Love Is the Answer | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
^ ^a ^b "Love Is the Answer (song by England Dan & John Ford Coley)". Music VF.com. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

External links

v t e Utopia
Todd Rundgren John Siegler Ralph Schuckett Kevin Ellman Kasim Sulton Jesse Gress Jean Yves "M. Frog" Labat David Mason Hunt Sales Tony Fox Sales Mark "Moogy" Klingman Roger Powell John "Willie" Wilcox Doug Howard
Studio albums	Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) Disco Jets (1976) Ra (1977) Oops! Wrong Planet (1977) Adventures in Utopia (1979) Deface the Music (1980) Swing to the Right (1982) Utopia (1982) Oblivion (1984) P.O.V. (1985)
Live albums	Another Live (1975) Redux '92: Live in Japan (1992)
Compilation albums	Trivia (1986) Oblivion, POV & Some Trivia (1996)
Singles	"Love Is the Answer"

v t e England Dan & John Ford Coley
John Ford Coley Dan Seals
Studio albums	England Dan & John Ford Coley (1971) Fables (1972) I Hear Music (1976) Nights Are Forever (1976) Dowdy Ferry Road (1977) Some Things Don't Come Easy (1978) Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive (1979) Just Tell Me You Love Me (1980)
Compilations	The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley (1979) The Best of England Dan and John Ford Coley Vol. 2 (1981)
Singles	"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" "Nights Are Forever Without You" "It's Sad to Belong" "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" "Love Is the Answer"

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