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"Love Me Like I Love You"
Single by Bay City Rollers
B-side"Mama Li"
ReleasedMarch 20, 1975 (1975-03-20)
LabelBell Records
Songwriter(s)Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood
Producer(s)Miff Winwood
Bay City Rollers singles chronology
"Don't Stop the Music"
(1975) 		"Love Me Like I Love You"
(1975) 		"Saturday Night"
(1976)

"Love Me Like I Love You" is a single released by the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers, released as a non-album single on 20 March 1975 via the band's record label, Bell Records.[1]

Background and release

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The song was written by band members Eric Faulkner and Stuart Wood and has been described by Simon Spence in his biography about the band as their "finest moment as a self-contained unit".[2] He praised the song's "great harmonies, cool hooks and classic chorus".[2] The band's manager, Tam Paton, had been impressed with the song and was determined to spearhead the recording for their next single release.[2]

Upon its release, "Love Me Like I Love You" continued the band's commercial success internationally, reaching a peak of number four in the UK singles chart, as well as number seven in Australia, number 15 in Germany and eight in Ireland.[3] Additionally, it reached number 28 in the Netherlands whilst also reaching number 18 in New Zealand.[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Love Me Like I Love You" – 3:20
  2. "Mama Li" – 3:16

Charts

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
German Singles (GfK)[5] 15
Australian Singles (GfK)[5] 7
Ireland Singles (GfK)[3] 8
Dutch Singles (GfK)[6] 28
New Zealand Singles (GfK)[4] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 4

References

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  1. ^ Coy, Wayne (2005). Bay City Babylon: the unbelievable, but true story of the Bay City Rollers. Tucson, Ariz: Hats Off Books. ISBN 9781587364631.
  2. ^ a b c Spence, Simon (2016). When the Screaming Stops: the Dark History of the Bay City Rollers (1st ed.). La Vergne: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9781783237050.
  3. ^ a b "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  4. ^ a b "New Zealand Singles". charts.nz. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  5. ^ a b "ultratop.be - Bay City Rollers - Remember". Retrieved 2017-11-17.
  6. ^ "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
  7. ^ "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
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