Single:
The Things We Do For Love entered the Australian singles chart* on 24 January 1977 and peaked at #5. It was #43 on the Top 100 of 1977.
Album:
The song is on Deceptive Bends which entered the Australian albums chart* on 30 May 1977 and peaked at #8.
Songwriters:
Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman
Producer:
10cc
Record label of Australian release:
Mercury
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Love songs tend to be either giddy with joy or tinged with heartbreak, but this one is much more grounded, championing compromise and communication.
The guy in the song decides to man up and call his girl, but the phone lines are down because of weather. Undeterred, he walks through the rain and the snow – just one of the things he’ll do for love.
10cc members Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman wrote this song; Stewart sang lead.
This was the first single from the band’s fifth album, Deceptive Bends, their first without founding members Lol Creme and Kevin Godley, who became a top music video directing team.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/10cc/the-things-we-do-for-love
Lyrics:
Too many broken hearts have fallen in the river
Too many lonely souls have drifted out to sea
You lay your bets and then you pay the price
The things we do for love, the things we do for love
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