Keep Each Other Warm

{{Infobox song

| name = Keep Each Other Warm

| cover = Bucks Fizz - Keep Each Other Warm.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Bucks Fizz

| album = Writing on the Wall

| B-side = Give a Little Love

| released = 17 November 1986

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Pop

| length = 4:12

| label = Polydor

| writer = Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield

| producer = Andy Hill

| prev_title = Love the One You're With

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Heart of Stone

| next_year = 1988

}}

"Keep Each Other Warm" is a 1986 single by Bucks Fizz. The song peaked at No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart in December 1986.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Diamonds%20In%20The%20Soles%20Of%20Her%20Shoes|title=Official Charts Company|date=18 September 2012|access-date=15 August 2018}} It was the fifth and final single from their Writing on the Wall album, which was released at the same time. "Keep Each Other Warm" was co-written by Andy Hill and Peter Sinfield.

The B-side is a song called "Give a Little Love", originally by Albert Hammond and Albert West, which two years later became a top 20 hit by Aswad.{{Cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Rock%20My%20World |title=Official Charts Company |access-date=8 July 2008 }}

Reception

Number One magazine stated: "Their best effort yet with the new line-up, but set beside the sheer genius of say 'The Land of Make Believe', it doesn't really cut the cake."Number One magazine Single reviews, November 1986 Smash Hits predicted "Bucks Fizz will find themselves back with a very welcome hit."Smash Hits Single reviews, November 1986

Track listings

;7"

  1. "Keep Each Other Warm" (4.12)
  2. "Give a Little Love" (3.30)

;12"

  1. "Keep Each Other Warm (Long Version)" (5.37)
  2. "Give a Little Love (Long Version)" (4.40)

Barry Manilow version

In 1989, "Keep Each Other Warm" was covered by Barry Manilow and released on his self-titled album. Manilow's version was released as a single, reaching No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=barry manilow|chart=Adult Contemporary}} Billboard - Adult Contemporary chart - Barry Manilow] Cash Box said of Manilow's version, produced by British producer Paul O'Duffy, that "the arrangement of this new toe-tapper is warm, loose and clean at the same time, one of the best things he’s ever done."{{cite magazine|title=Pure Pop for Now People|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1989/CB-1989-07-08.pdf|magazine=Cash Box|date=8 July 1989|accessdate=21 December 2022|page=16|author=Wednesday, Oscar}}

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