Peak
1
Weeks
22
Score
4,056
Chart Year
1974
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateFeb 9, 1974
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted22
Weeks in Top 4016
Weeks in Top 107
Weeks at #21
Weeks at #11
Scoring
Summary Calc1,889
Weekly Calc2,167
Total Score4,056
Rankings
Year Ranking#5
Decade Ranking#120
Billboard Year#8
Top 5000#1,891
Details
- Genre
- Disco
- Media Type
- 45s
- Duration
- 3:30
- Composer(s)
- Barry White
- Entered Chart
- Dec 1, 1973
- Peak Date
- Feb 9, 1974
- Released
- November 1973
- Recorded
- 1973
- Catalog #
- 20th Fox TC-2069
- B-Side
- Sweet Moments
Music Video
Notes
"Love's Theme" is an instrumental piece written by Barry White in 1965 but recorded and released as a single by White's Love Unlimited Orchestra in late 1973. It was one of the few instrumental and purely orchestral singles to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, which it did in early 1974. Billboard ranked it as #3 on the Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1974. Over the years, "Love’s Theme" became one of the best-selling pop instrumentals of all time.
Instrumental
Chart History (22 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 1, 1973 | 89 | 37 |
| 2 | Dec 8, 1973 | 79 | 47 |
| 3 | Dec 15, 1973 | 50 | 76 |
| 4 | Dec 22, 1973 | 33 | 93 |
| 5 | Dec 29, 1973 | 21 | 105 |
| 6 | Jan 5, 1974 | 17 | 109 |
| 7 | Jan 12, 1974 | 13 | 113 |
| 8 | Jan 19, 1974 | 10 | 116 |
| 9 | Jan 26, 1974 | 6 | 120 |
| 10 | Feb 2, 1974 | 3 | 123 |
| 11 | Feb 9, 1974 | 1 | 125 |
| 12 | Feb 16, 1974 | 2 | 124 |
| 13 | Feb 23, 1974 | 5 | 121 |
| 14 | Mar 2, 1974 | 8 | 118 |
| 15 | Mar 9, 1974 | 11 | 115 |
| 16 | Mar 16, 1974 | 15 | 111 |
| 17 | Mar 23, 1974 | 26 | 100 |
| 18 | Mar 30, 1974 | 29 | 97 |
| 19 | Apr 6, 1974 | 32 | 94 |
| 20 | Apr 13, 1974 | 46 | 80 |
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