If You Love Me (Let Me Know)

"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)"
Single by Olivia Newton-John
from the album If You Love Me, Let Me Know
B-side "Rosewater" (Australia)
"Brotherly Love" (US, Canada and rest of world)
Released April 1974
Genre Country, pop
Length 3:12
Label MCA
Writer(s) John Rostill
Producer(s) John Farrar
Certification Gold (US)[1]
Olivia Newton-John singles chronology
Long Live Love
(1974)
If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
(1974)
I Honestly Love You
(1974)

"If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" is a song written by John Rostill that was a 1974 hit single for Olivia Newton-John. It was her second release to hit the top 10 in the United States, reaching number 5 on the pop chart and number 2 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] It also reached number 2 on the Billboard country chart.[3] As with her single "Let Me Be There", Mike Sammes sings a bass harmony.[4]

Brian Collins covered the song for Dot Records in 1977. His version went to number 83 on the country chart.[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 1
German Media Control Charts 37
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand 10
US Billboard Hot Country Singles 2
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 2
US Billboard Hot 100 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Rank
Australia[6] 40
Canada Top Singles[7] 60
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 32

References

  1. ↑ "American single certifications – Olivia Newton-John – If You Love Me (Let Me Know)". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 181.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 299. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  4. ↑ Morse, Ann; Keely, John (March 1, 1976). Olivia Newton-John. Creative Education.
  5. ↑ Whitburn 2008, pp. 99-100
  6. ↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  7. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  8. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1974/Top 100 Songs of 1974". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-09.

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Preceded by
"The Streak"
by Ray Stevens
RPM Country Tracks
number-one single

June 15–22, 1974
Succeeded by
"When the Morning Comes"
by Hoyt Axton
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