Love is in the Air
Words & Music by George Young & Harry Vanda
(arr. John Fries)

 

Love Is in the Air is a 1977 disco song by Australian singer John Paul Young. It was released as the lead single from Young's fourth studio album, Love Is in the Air (1978).

The song became a worldwide hit in 1978, peaking at No. 3 on the Australian charts and No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, it spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, his only US top 40 hit.

The song plays at 122 beats per minute, a typical 1970s disco rhythm.

At the Australian 1978 King of Pop Awards, the song won Most Popular Australian Single. In 1992, a remix of the song was released and featured on the soundtrack to the film Strictly Ballroom.

In 2017, the song was selected for preservation in the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia collection. (Wikipedia)

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(Audios slower, and 3 semitones lower than marked.)