Let Your Love Flow

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“Let Your Love Flow”

Single by The Bellamy Brothers
from the album Let Your Love Flow

B-side

Inside of My Guitar

Released

February 14, 1976 (U.S. pop release)
March 13, 1976 (U.S. country release)

Recorded

1976

Genre

country pop

Length

3:18

Label

Warner Bros./Curb

Writer(s)

Larry E. Williams

The Bellamy Brothers singles chronology

"Let Your Love Flow"
(1976)

"Hell Cat"
(1976)

"Let Your Love Flow", written by Larry E. Williams was made popular in the U.S. by American country music duo The Bellamy Brothers. This record was a crossover hit in the United States, reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, #2 on Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks, and #21 on Hot Country Singles. It was also an international hit, landing on the charts in Great Britain, Scandinavia and Germany, where both the Bellamy's record and the German adaptation of the song recorded by German Pop star Jurgen Drews topped the German Pop chart. The song has been recorded by many recording artists over the years including Ray Chales, Ziggy Marley, Sister Hazel and Tom Jones. It's also been heard in many films, television commercials and movie trailers including Little Darlings, Joy dish washing detergent and Along Came Polly respectively. In 2002, Let Your Love Flow received a Special Citation Of Achievement from BMI for 5 Million broadcast performances. Additionally, the song came in at #68 on BMI's Top 100 Songs of the 20th Century.

[edit] Re-recordings and covers

A new re-recording was used for the 2001 two-disc compilation The 25 Year Collection.

The Bellamy Brothers re-recorded the song again, along with Hal Ketchum and Lisa Brokop, on the Bellamy Brothers' 2005 album Angels and Outlaws, Volume 1.

Collin Raye recorded a version of the song on his 2006 album Twenty Years and Change.

Preceded by "Disco Lady" by Johnnie Taylor	Billboard Hot 100 number one single by the Bellamy Brothers May 1, 1976	Succeeded by "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian