The Things We Do for Love (song)

"The Things We Do for Love" is a song by British band 10cc, released as a single in 1976. It is taken from the album Deceptive Bends. The song was a huge hit in various countries worldwide, reaching number one in Canada,^[2] as well as peaking at number 6 in the UK,^[3] number 5 in the US^[4] and Australia, number 13 in the Netherlands,^[5] and number 2 in Ireland.^[6]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–77)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	5
Canadian RPM	1
Netherlands	13
Australia	5
UK	6
Ireland	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Rank
Australia^[7]	37
Canada^[8]	12
UK^[9]	74
US Billboard Hot 100^[10]	44

Track listing

UK 7" single: A. "The Things We Do for Love" – 3:32; B. "Hot to Trot" – 4:28

Other versions

The song was covered by Amy Grant for the soundtrack to the 1996 movie Mr. Wrong.
The song was covered by American band Lazlo Bane for their 2007 album Guilty Pleasures.
Tina Arena covered the song in 2014, with money raised going towards the National Breast Cancer Foundation.^[11]

References

↑ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (2000), Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s, St. Martin's Press, p. 67, ISBN 978-0-312-19821-3
↑ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "10 C.C. | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "10cc – Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ Steffen Hung. "10cc – The Things We Do For Love". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
↑ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
↑ "Top 100 1977". Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
↑ "Tina Arena 'The Things We Do For Love' (smooth mix) - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

10cc

Graham Gouldman Eric Stewart Kevin Godley Lol Creme Paul Burgess Rick Fenn Stuart Tosh Duncan Mackay Tony O'Malley

Studio albums	10cc Sheet Music The Original Soundtrack How Dare You! Deceptive Bends Bloody Tourists Look Hear? Ten Out of 10 Windows in the Jungle …Meanwhile Mirror Mirror

Live albums	Live and Let Live The Best of 10cc Live

Compilations	100cc Changing Faces - The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme Greatest Hits ... And More The Very Best of 10cc Greatest Hits 1972-1978 Strawberry Bubblegum

Box sets	Greatest Songs and More (Great Box) Tenology

Singles	"Donna" "Johnny Don't Do It" "Rubber Bullets" "The Dean and I" "Headline Hustler" "The Worst Band in the World" "The Wall Street Shuffle" "Silly Love" "I'm Not in Love" "Life Is a Minestrone" "Art for Art's Sake" "I'm Mandy Fly Me "The Things We Do for Love" "Good Morning Judge" "People in Love" "Dreadlock Holiday" "Reds in My Bed" "For You and I" "One Two Five" "It Doesn't Matter at All" "Les Nouveaux Riches" "Don't Turn Me Away" "The Power of Love" "Run Away" "Memories" "We've Heard It All Before" "24 Hours" "Feel the Love" "Food for Thought" "Woman in Love" "Welcome to Paradise" "I'm Not in Love (Acoustic Session '95)"

Related articles	Discography Doctor Father Godley & Creme Hotlegs Wax/Wax UK

Tina Arena singles

Strong as Steel	"I Need Your Body" "The Machine's Breaking Down" "Strong as Steel" "Woman's Work"

Don't Ask	"Chains" "Sorrento Moon (I Remember)" "Heaven Help My Heart" "Wasn't It Good" "Show Me Heaven"

In Deep	"Burn" "If I Didn't Love You" "Now I Can Dance" "Whistle Down the Wind" "I Want to Know What Love Is" "I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You" "If I Was a River" "Aller plus haut" "Les trois cloches"

Just Me	"Soul Mate #9" "Dare You to Be Happy" "Tu es toujours là" "Symphony of Life"

Vous êtes toujours là	"Je te retrouve un peu"

Greatest Hits 1994–2004	"Italian Love Song"

Un autre univers	"Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible" "Je m'appelle Bagdad" "Tu aurais dû me dire (Oser parler d'amour)"

Songs of Love & Loss	"To Sir with Love"

7 vies	"Entends-tu le monde?"

Songs of Love & Loss 2	"Oh Me, Oh My"

Reset	"You Set Fire to My Life"

Other releases	"Ti Voglio Qui" "Live for the One I Love" "Never (Past Tense)" "Voici les clés" "Only Lonely" "The Things We Do For Love"

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