Air Supply’s Lost in Love released

Lost in Love Air Supply

Released: March 3, 1980 Peak: 22 US, -- UK, -- CN, 21 AU Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, -- UK, 3.0 world (includes US and UK) Genre: adult contemporary

Tracks: Song Title (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts. Lost in Love (2/9/80, 3 US, 1 AC, 13 AU, airplay: 2 million) All Out of Love (6/14/80, 2 US, 11 UK, 5 AC, 9 AU, sales: 1 million, airplay: 2 million) Every Woman in the World (10/25/80, 5 US, 2 AC, 8 AU, sales: 2 million) Just Another Woman Having You Near Me American Hearts Chances Old Habits Die Hard I Can’t Get Excited My Best Friend Total Running Time: 36:37 The Players: Russell Hitchcock (vocals) Graham Russell (vocals, rhythm guitar) David Moyse (guitars) Dave Green (bass) Frank Esler-Smith (keyboards) Ralph Cooper (drums)

Rating: 3.388 out of 5.00 (average of 5 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: Air Supply had released four albums from 1976 to 1979 without much impact. Even in their native Australia, they’d really only found success with one top-ten hit, 1976’s “Love and Other Bruises.” The group’s fate changed, however, when they signed a new contract with Arista Records. Producer Clive Davis, a future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, helped Air Supply finally break into the U.S. market. During the early ‘80s, they had “a successful run of soft pop love songs” AMG yielding ten top 40 hits over the next three albums. “Graham Russell’s overly poetic, overly romantic lyrics were usually accompanied by the fragile plucking of an acoustic guitar or the soft tinkling of piano.” AMG “Throughout every album their insipid musical style never strayed” AMG from their “faithful allegiance to their sentimentally flavored tastes.” AMG The title song hit #3 in the U.S. and is often considered the group’s signature song and Russell Hitchcock has said it is his favorite. WK An earlier version was released in Australia in 1979 on their Life Support album. The rerecorded version, however, is what gave the band its first taste of international fame. The second single, All Out of Love, is “regarded as their most famous song,” WK reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was followed by Every Woman in the World, giving the band its third top-five hit from the album. “The rest of the tracks on Lost in Love are carbon copies of the hits.” AMG While never released as a single, Chances became one of the group’s better-known songs, thanks to its inclusion on multiple compilations of the group’s hits. Also of note – Just Another Woman was first recorded – as a disco song – for the Life Support album. It was a hit in Malaysia. WK

Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Air Supply AMG Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide WK Wikipedia Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 1/18/2009; last updated 9/3/2021.

Air Supply “American Hearts” released on Lost in Love album

(album cover for Lost in Love)

American Hearts Air Supply

Writer(s): Graham Russell, Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker, Clive Davis (see lyrics here) Released: March 3, 1980 (as an album cut) First Charted: -- Peak: 1 DF (Click for codes to singles charts.) Sales (in millions): -- Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 0.54 video, -- streaming

Awards: Click on award for more details.

About the Song: Air Supply formed in Australia in 1975. While their have been multiple members of this soft-rock group over the years, they’ve come to be known more as the duo of Graham Russell, an English-born singer/songwriter, and Russell Hitchcock, an Australian-born singer. They met in 1975 as part of the chorus for an Australian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical “Jesus Christ Superstar. They released four albums in Australia from 1976 to 1979 before achieving their international breakthrough with 1980’s Lost in Love. The album went double-platinum in the United States on the strength of three top-5 hits – “Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love,” and “Every Woman in the World.” That newfound success had much to do with Clive Davis. He became the founder and president of Arista Records in 1974. Lost in Love was the first album by Air Supply after they signed to Arista. Davis even served as a co-songwriter on the songs “All Out of Love” and “American Hearts.” The latter wasn’t a single, but became a personal favorite. In my early teen years, many of my favorites fell into the soft-rock category, including Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, and John Denver. However, Air Supply may have been the most embarrassing of the lot for a teenage boy. No matter. I’ve long believed that when it comes to music you like what you like and don’t have to offer any apologies. The song about a couple’s idyllic romantic dream-gone-wrong ranked in the top-10 on my first personal chart on September 18, 1982. As a response to a local radio station’s countdown of the best songs of all time, I compiled my own list. I intended to make it a one-time list of favorites, but it turned into a weekly personal chart which I maintained for a little more than a decade. Resources: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Air Supply WK Wikipedia page for Lost in Love album Related Links: First posted 9/9/2022.