Two Divided by Love

{{Infobox song

| name = Two Divided by Love

| cover = Two_Divided_by_Love_-_The_Grass_Roots.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Grass Roots

| album = Move Along

| B-side = Let It Go

| released = {{Start date|1971|10}}

| recorded =

| studio = ABC, Los Angeles, California

| venue =

| genre = Soft rock{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter=

Born To Be Mild: Soft Rock|page= 32|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}

| length = 2:42

| label = ABC/Dunhill

| writer = B. Potter, D. Lambert, M. Kupps

| producer = Steve Barri{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Grass-Roots-Two-Divided-By-Love/release/1208145 |title=The Grass Roots - Two Divided By Love (Vinyl) |website=Discogs.com |year=1971 |accessdate=2016-05-24}}

| prev_title = Sooner or Later

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Glory Bound

| next_year = 1972

}}

"Two Divided by Love" is a 1971 hit song by The Grass Roots. It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, Move Along.

The song reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 in Canada.

Chart performance

= Weekly charts =

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (1971)

!Peak
position

Australia Kent Music Report

| style="text-align:center;"|64

Canada RPM Top Singles{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5333&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5333.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5333 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-05-24}}

| style="text-align:center;"|2

US Billboard Hot 100

| style="text-align:center;"|16

US Billboard Easy Listening{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=101}}

| style="text-align:center;"|37

US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19711127.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 27, 1971 |accessdate=2017-01-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607215759/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19711127.html |archivedate=2015-06-07 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|8

US Record World

| style="text-align:center;"|11

= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable"
Chart (1971)

! Rank

Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7590&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca}}

| style="text-align:center;"|34

== Personnel ==

  • Jimmie Haskell – horns arrangement
  • Phil Kaye – engineering

References

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