If You Think You Know How to Love Me

1975 single by Smokie

"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"

Artwork for German vinyl single

Single by Smokie

from the album Changing All the Time

B-side

"Tis Me"

Released

June 1975

Recorded

Audio International Studios in London

Genre

Soft rock,^[1] pop rock

Length

3:27

Label

RAK

Songwriter(s)

Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman

Producer(s)

Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn

Smokie singles chronology

"Pass It Around"
(1975)

"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
(1975)

"Don't Play Your Rock 'n' Roll to Me"
(1975)

Music videos

"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"
"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Remix) on YouTube

"If You Think You Know How to Love Me" is a song by British rock band Smokie. It was first released in June 1975 as a single and appeared later on the album Changing All the Time. Like the band's first single "Pass It Around", the song was composed by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman.

Upon its release, "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" became a chart success all over Europe, peaking at No. 2 in Ireland, No. 3 in Sweden, No. 6 in Norway, No. 8 in Germany and No. 15 in the Netherlands. It took six weeks for the song to debut in the UK Singles Chart on 19 July 1975. After a few days, Smokie appeared on BBC show Top of the Pops, and this helped the song to climb the charts.^[2] The single eventually peaked at No. 3 on the UK charts, during a nine-week stay on that chart.^[3]

After their US breakthrough, with "Living Next Door to Alice" making the Top 30, the song was re-released to serve as the followup single,^[4] but it did not make the chart.

A second version of the song was included in the 1988 album All Fired Up, sung by Alan Barton. The original 1975 version was sung by Chris Norman.

Pat Benatar recorded the song in 1979 for her debut album In the Heat of the Night, released as the second single from that album in October 1979.^[5]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"If You Think You Know How to Love Me"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	03:27

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
2.	"Tis Me"	Peter Spencer, Chris Norman	02:56

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year	Chart	Position
1975	Australia (Kent Music Report)	98
	Ireland (IRMA)^[6]	2
	South Africa (Springbok)^[7]	2
	UK Singles Chart^[3]	3
	US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	96

Year-end charts

Chart (1975)	Rank
South Africa ^[9]	18
UK ^[10]	44

References

^ "Obituary: Alan Barton". The Independent. 18 April 1995.
^ Hendriks, Phil (July 2007). Changing All the Time (CD booklet). Smokie. London: 7T's Records.
^ ^a ^b "Smokie chart positions in the UK". The Official Charts Company.
^ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1970s/1977/RR-1977-05-13.pdf
^ Benatar, Pat (2010). Between a Rock and a Heart Place. William Morrow. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-06-195377-4.
^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – If You Think You Know How to Love Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Smokie chart positions in the US". Billboard.
^ "Top 20 Hit Singles of 1975". Retrieved 26 March 2020.
^ "Britain's best selling records of '75". Record Mirror. London: Billboard. January 10, 1976. p. 12. Retrieved August 29, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}