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"Only Love Is Real" is a song written and performed by Carole King. The song was included on her 1976 album, Thoroughbred.[1] The single peaked at No. 28 in the Billboard Hot 100 and was King's fourth and final No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it remained for one week in March 1976.[2] It is ranked as the 40th biggest AC/Easy Listening hit of 1976.[3]

"Only Love Is Real"
Single by Carole King
from the album Thoroughbred
B-side	"Still Here Thinking of You"
Released	February 1976
Genre	Easy listening
Length	3:29
Label	Ode
Songwriter(s)	Carole King
Producer(s)	Lou Adler

Cash Box said has a "likable tune with a carefully constructed lyric" and that "Like Dylan, Carole King understands the power of a subtle rhyme, and she uses her knowledge in this tune with tremendous effect."[4]

Personnel

• Carole King - synthesizer, piano, vocals
• Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar
• Russ Kunkel - drums
• David Crosby - background vocals
• Graham Nash - background vocals
• Tom Scott - saxophone
• Leland Sklar – bass
• J.D. Souther - background vocals
• Waddy Wachtel - guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1976)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	1
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	28

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)

References

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