Sweet Understanding Love

"Sweet Understanding Love"
Single by Four Tops
from the album Main Street People
B-side "Main Street People"
Released October 1973
Format 7" 45 RPM
Recorded 1973
Genre Soul/pop
Length 2:59
Label ABC Records
Songwriter(s) R. Benson, V. Benson, I. Hunter
Producer(s) Steve Barri, Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
Four Tops singles chronology
"Are You Man Enough?"
(1973)		 "Sweet Understanding Love"
(1973)		 "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
(1974)

"Are You Man Enough?"
(1973)		 "Sweet Understanding Love"
(1973)		 "I Just Can't Get You Out of My Mind"
(1974)
Music video
Listen to "Sweet Understanding Love" on YouTube

"Sweet Understanding Love" is a 1973 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the ABC Records label. The song was the second of three single releases from their sixteenth studio album, Main Street People. The title track of the LP is on the B-side of the 45.

The song reached number 10 on the American R&B chart, number 33 on the American Billboard chart in 1973,[1] and number 30 on the Cash Box Top 100.[2] It reached number 29 in the UK.

"Sweet Understanding Love" was placed on their 1991 compilation album Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got). It was also included on their album Anthology: 50th Anniversary (2004).

The song marked the end of a 10-year run of American Top 40 hits by the group. They would return eight years later when they scored a major comeback hit, "When She Was My Girl".

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
UK (Official Charts Company) 29
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 33
US Billboard R&B 10
US Cash Box Top 100[4] 30

References

  1. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 17, 1973
  3. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 17, 1973
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