"Love of the Common People" is a 1967 song by The Four Preps and was not a hit. It was covered by The Everly Brothers and Joe Dolan.
Paul Young version
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| B-side | - ""Behind Your Smile"
- "Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)"
- "It's Better to Have (And Don't Need)""
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| Released | 7 January 1983 7 November 1983 (Re-release) |
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| Length | 3:33 (7") 5:50 (12") 4:56 (Original Album) |
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| Label | CBS |
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| Songwriter(s) | John Hurley Ronnie Wilkins |
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| Producer(s) | Laurie Latham |
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"Iron Out the Rough Spots" (1982)
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"Love of the Common People" (1983)
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"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" (1983)
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In 1982, Paul Young released a version. It was taken from his debut studio album No Parlez. In 1983, it went to number 1 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Ireland and number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 3 in Austria and Switzerland, number 5 in Germany, number 8 in Australia and South Africa and number 10 in New Zealand.
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| Studio albums |
- The Everly Brothers
- Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
- It's Everly Time
- A Date with the Everly Brothers
- Both Sides of an Evening
- Instant Party!
- Christmas with the Everly Brothers and the Boystown Choir
- The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits
- Gone Gone Gone
- Rock'n Soul
- Beat & Soul
- In Our Image
- Two Yanks in England
- The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers
- The Everly Brothers Sing
- Roots
- Stories We Could Tell
- Pass the Chicken & Listen
- EB 84
- Born Yesterday
- Some Hearts
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| Live albums | |
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| Compilations |
- The Everly Brothers' Best
- Greatest Hits Vol. III
- The New Album
- All They Had to Do Was Dream
- Heartaches and Harmonies
- Stories We Could Tell: The RCA Years
- Too Good to Be True
- Give Me a Future
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| Singles |
- "Bye Bye Love"
- "Wake Up Little Susie"
- "This Little Girl of Mine"
- "Should We Tell Him"
- "All I Have to Do Is Dream"
- "Bird Dog"
- "Devoted to You"
- "Problems"
- "Take a Message to Mary"
- "Poor Jenny"
- "(Till) I Kissed You"
- "Let It Be Me"
- "Cathy's Clown"
- "When Will I Be Loved"
- "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"
- "Like Strangers"
- "Be-Bop-a-Lula"
- "Lucille"
- "Walk Right Back"
- "Ebony Eyes"
- "Temptation"
- "Don't Blame Me"
- "Crying in the Rain"
- "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)"
- "Don't Ask Me to Be Friends"
- "Love Her"
- "Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby"
- "That'll Be the Day"
- "The Price of Love"
- "Love Is Strange"
- "It's All Over"
- "(You Got) The Power of Love"
- "Somebody Help Me"
- "Bowling Green"
- "Love of the Common People"
- "Carolina in My Mind"
- "Not Fade Away"
- "The Air That I Breathe" (Phil Everly solo)
- "Brother Jukebox" (Don Everly solo)
- "Dare to Dream Again" (Phil Everly solo)
- "On the Wings of a Nightingale"
- "Don't Worry Baby"
- "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
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Paul Young |
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| Studio albums |
- No Parlez
- The Secret of Association
- Between Two Fires
- Other Voices
- The Crossing
- Paul Young
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| Compilation albums |
- From Time to Time – The Singles Collection
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| Singles | |
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| Other songs |
- "I've Been Lonely for So Long"
- "Pale Shelter"
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