Hooked on You - Bread (1978) 6/23/22

For almost 3 years, whenever I've given chart information about a "Great Song of the '70s, I've mentioned SPECIFIC Charts.

Some of them are easy to understand, descriptively: (Soul Chart, Rhythm & Blues Chart, Country Chart). Others might be a bit confusing. So before I get to today's "Great Song of 1977," let me finally do some explaining. (I'll simplify a bit for brevity, but it'll still be a bit long. Please bear with me.

Hot 100 Chart: Billboard Magazine's list of the Top 100 songs being played each week by radio stations in the US.

Top 40 Chart: Canada doesn't have a Hot 100; they usually stick to the 40 biggest hits at the time. (Sometimes, I'll use the term for Billboard's Top 40 as well.)

Adult Contemporary (AC) Chart: This is basically the Hot 100/Top 40 with a softer edge. For the most part, the hardest rock and the funkiest soul or rap has been removed.

Easy Listening Chart: This is an antiquated chart that used to feature VERY soft rock and

Middle-of-the-road ballads. This is where you'd find Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Tom Jones, etc. In the '70s, this chart morphed into the Adult Contemporary as the old timers gave way to soft rock groups like... Bread.

And that (FINALLY) brings us to today's "Great Song of 1977!"

"Hooked on You" by Bread was their final hit from their final album: "Lost Without Your Love."

As usual, it was a ballad written and sung by David Gates. It was short, sweet, and distinctively Bread-- at 2 minutes and 17 seconds.

On the Adult Contemporary Chart, it reached #1 in Canada and #2 in the US. And then--POOF--Bread was toast. Their body of work through the '70s was strong...and it certainly ended nicely with "Hooked on You" a "Great AC Song of 1977!