"The Price of Love" is a song by the Everly Brothers, released in 1965. It charted at number 2 in the UK and number 3 in Ireland. It spent one week at Number 1 on the NME chart in the UK, but in the US, the song failed to chart at the hot 100.
"The Price of Love" | ||||
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Single by The Everly Brothers | ||||
from the album In Our Image | ||||
B-side | "It Only Costs a Dime" | |||
Released | 1965 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:23 | |||
Label | Warner Brothers 5628 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Don Everly and Phil Everly | |||
The Everly Brothers singles chronology | ||||
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Cash Box described it as "a raunchy, pulsating bluesy thumper which delineates the problems of a modern-day teenager romance."[1]
"The Price of Love" | ||||
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Single by Status Quo | ||||
B-side | "Little Miss Nothing" | |||
Released | 26 September 1969 (1969-09-26) | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock | |||
Length | 3:40 | |||
Label | Pye | |||
Songwriter(s) | Don Everly Phil Everly | |||
Producer(s) | John Schroeder | |||
Status Quo singles chronology | ||||
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"The Price of Love" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1969.[2] Bob Young is featured on Harmonica. It was released on the same day as the album Spare Parts, but was not included on it, and it failed to chart. They re-recorded it in 1991 for inclusion on a later album, Rock 'til You Drop.
Bryan Ferry in 1976 on his album Let's Stick Together, and as the first track on the EP Extended Play[3] which reached No. 7 in the UK chart
Poco in 1982, on their album Cowboys & Englishmen
British duo Robson & Jerome included a version of the tune on their 1997 album Take Two, which reached No. 1 in England.
Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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United Kingdom (Record Retailer)[4] | 2 |
United Kingdom (NME)[5] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard [6] | 104 |