Australian singles chart:
Love is Like Oxygen entered the Kent Music Report on 27 March 1978 and peaked at #9. It was #60 on the Top 100 of 1978.
Album:
The song is on Level Headed which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 27 March 1978 and peaked at #40.
Songwriters:
Andy Scott, Trevor Griffin
Producer:
Sweet
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
Songfacts:
In Love is Like Oxygen, Sweet makes the case that love, much like oxygen, must be constantly regulated. One of Sweet’s more serene song titles, this was their last US, UK and Australian Top 10 hit, as the group left the glam rock scene for the more plush atmosphere of pop-driven music. Guitarist Andy Scott wrote this song and was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for the composition.
Level Headed was Sweet’s first album for their new label Polydor, in which, like ELO, they found themselves experimenting with mixing rock and classical sounds.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/sweet/love-is-like-oxygen
Lyrics:
Love is like oxygen
You get too much, you get too high
Not enough and you’re gonna die
Love gets you high
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