An Old Fashioned Love Song

"An Old Fashioned Love Song" is a 1971 song by the American pop-rock band Three Dog Night. Chuck Negron performed the lead vocal on this track. Taken as the lead single from their 1971 album, Harmony, the song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1971, becoming the band's seventh top-ten hit.^[1] It was Three Dog Night's first record to top the U.S. easy listening chart.^[2] "An Old Fashioned Love Song" was written by the noted songwriter Paul Williams. Its lyrics suggest the straightforward and melodic nature of the tune: Just an old fashioned love song / Comin' down in three part harmony / Just an old fashioned love song / One I'm sure they wrote for you and me.

Paul Williams version

"An Old Fashioned Love Song"
Single by Paul Williams
from the album Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Released	1971
Format	7" (45 rpm)
Genre	Pop
Writer(s)	Paul Williams

Singer-songwriter Paul Williams recorded his own version of the song he had written, which was included on his 1971 album Just an Old Fashioned Love Song. Williams later performed the song when he appeared on The Muppet Show in 1976.

Other versions

• Country music singer Jerri Ross released a cover version of the song in 1972. Her rendition of the song reached number 58 on the Billboard country singles chart.^[2]

The song was also sampled in the 1999 hip-hop song "Once Again (Here to Kick One for You)" by Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Grand Puba and Sadat X. Sam O'Connell

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1972 (U.S.)

References