"Send One Your Love" is a 1979 soul single by American and Motown musician and singer Stevie Wonder from his album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" (1979). Released in November 1979 as the album's lead single, the song reached number four on the US Billboard pop singles chart in 1979Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) The song also became Wonder's second single to top the adult contemporary chart, following 1973's "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", topping the chart for four weeks. On the soul charts, "Send One Your Love" went to number five.
Cash Box said that it has "an unusual sound that gets better each time you hear it," with an "off-beat percussive background and an unusual lyrical structure." Record World called it "an oldfashioned love song straight from the heart."
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1979–1980)PeakpositionCanada RPM Top Singles Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada7Canada RPM Adult Contemporary Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada12Germany 7Netherlands 45New Zealand 29UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)52U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary1U.S. Billboard R&B5U.S. Cash Box Top 100 5
Year-end charts Chart (1979)RankU.S. Cash Box 75
Chart (1980)RankCanada 74U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 198043
See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1979 (U.S.)
References
External links List of cover versions of "Send One Your Love" at SecondHandSongs.com