"Hooked on You" is a song written and composed by David Gates, and originally recorded by the soft rock group Bread, of which Gates was the leader and primary music producer. It was the second single released from Bread's 1977 album Lost Without Your Love, and became their final charting hit.

"Hooked on You"
Single by Bread
from the album Lost Without Your Love
B-side"Our Lady of Sorrow"
ReleasedMarch 1977
GenreSoft rock
Length2:18
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)David Gates
Producer(s)David Gates
Bread singles chronology
"Lost Without Your Love"
(1976)
"Hooked on You"
(1977)

The song reached No. 60 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 during the spring of 1977. In Canada, it reached No. 48.[1] "Hooked on You" was a much bigger Adult Contemporary hit, spending two weeks at number one on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart[2] and three weeks at number two in the United States, where it was held off the top spot by Yvonne Elliman's "Hello Stranger".[3]

Chart performance

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Chart (1977) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[2] 1
Canada RPM Top Singles[1] 48
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 60
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[5] 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 72

References

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  1. ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  2. ^ a b "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1977-05-28. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 34.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 34.
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