The Things We Do for Love (song)

"The Things We Do for Love"
"The Things We Do for Love"
Single by 10cc
from the album Deceptive Bends
B-side	"Hot to Trot"
Released	3 December 1976 (UK)
Recorded	1976
Genre	Soft rock; progressive pop;
Length	3:32
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman
Producer(s)	10cc
10cc singles chronology
Music video
	"The Things We Do for Love" at YouTube

"The Things We Do for Love" is a 1976 song by British band 10cc. It is the leading single from their fifth studio album Deceptive Bends. It went to number 5 in both the United States and Australia, number 27 in New Zealand, number 1 in Canada, number 2 in Ireland, number 6 in the United Kingdom and number 13 in the Netherlands. It went on to be covered by Amy Grant and Tina Arena.

Track listing[change | change source]

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

References[change | change source]

↑ "Should 10cc Be Taken Seriously?". Music Aficionado.
↑ 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

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[1] "Should 10cc Be Taken Seriously?". Music Aficionado.

[2] 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

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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 Alive Clever Clogs
Compilations	100cc Greatest Hits 1972–1978 Changing Faces – The Very Best of 10cc and Godley & Creme The Very Best of 10cc Strawberry Bubblegum: A Collection of Pre-10CC Strawberry Studio Recordings 1969–1972 Greatest Hits ... And More
Box sets	Greatest Songs and More (Great Box)
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" "One-Two-Five" "Feel the Love"
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v t e Tina Arena songs
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"
Eleven	"I Want to Love You"
Quand tout Recommence	"Tant que tu es là"
Other releases	"Turn Up the Beat" "Ti Voglio Qui" "Live for the One I Love" "Never (Past Tense)" "Voici les clés" "Only Lonely" "The Things We Do For Love" "A Foreign Affair"
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