Two Divided by Love

Album: Move Along (1971)
Charted: 16
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Songfacts®:

  • This was written by the songwriting team of Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, whose other works include the Four Tops' "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)," Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds' "Don't Pull Your Love (Out)," and Coven's "One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)." Rob Grill of The Grass Roots explained at a concert that "Don't Pull Your Love" was intended for The Grass Roots, but they were about to release another single. So the songwriters crafted "Two Divided By Love" for The Grass Roots, which sounds somewhat similar to "Don't Pull Your Love." The Grass Roots perform "Don't Pull" in concert, since it was supposed to be their song. >>>
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    David - Birmingham, AL
  • As in the Grass Roots' previous hit "Sooner or Later," keyboardist Dennis Provisor shares the lead vocals with lead vocalist Rob Grill. In this song, he sings the very last lines of both verses and the bridge that comes after the verses and then improvises a soulful vocal during the repeating of the chorus. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Jerro - New Alexandria, PA

Comments: 1

  • Michael Krieger from ChicagoSo amazing I find out 50 years and recall the connection between "Don't Pull Your Love" and "Two Divided By Love", Two Divided By Love was one of the last songs I heard on my parents stereo in the Fall of 1971 on a Sunday evening. Two divided by reminded me of the song "Don't Pull Your Love" as being the last song before my parents shut the radio off when we were camping in Wisconsin in June of 1971!
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