# Two Divided by Love

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Two Divided by Love
| cover      = Two_Divided_by_Love_-_The_Grass_Roots.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [The Grass Roots](/source/The_Grass_Roots)
| album      = [Move Along](/source/Move_Along_(The_Grass_Roots_album))
| B-side     = Let It Go
| released   = {{Start date|1971|10}}
| recorded   =
| studio     = [ABC](/source/ABC_Recording_Studios), Los Angeles, California
| venue      =
| genre      = [Soft rock](/source/Soft_rock)<ref name="Breithaupt 1996">{{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](/source/St._Martin's_Press)|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
| length     = 2:42
| label      = [ABC](/source/ABC_Records)/[Dunhill](/source/Dunhill_Records)
| writer     = [B. Potter](/source/Brian_Potter_(musician)), [D. Lambert](/source/Dennis_Lambert), M. Kupps
| producer   = [Steve Barri](/source/Steve_Barri)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| prev_title = [Sooner or Later](/source/Sooner_or_Later_(The_Grass_Roots_song))
| prev_year  = 1971
| next_title = Glory Bound
| next_year  = 1972
}}

"'''Two Divided by Love'''" is a 1971 hit song by [The Grass Roots](/source/The_Grass_Roots).  It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, ''[Move Along](/source/Move_Along_(The_Grass_Roots_album))''.

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<br />position
|-
|Australia [Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report)
| style="text-align:center;"|64
|-
|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|US ''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) 
| style="text-align:center;"|16
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [Easy Listening](/source/Adult_Contemporary_(chart))<ref>{{cite book|first= Joel |last= Whitburn |authorlink= Joel Whitburn |year= 1993 |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 |publisher= Record Research |page=101}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|37
|-
|US ''[Cash Box](/source/Cashbox_(magazine))'' Top 100<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
|US ''[Record World](/source/Record_World)'' 
| style="text-align:center;"|11
|-
|}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (1971)
! Rank
|-
|Canada<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|34
|}

== Personnel == 
* Jimmie Haskell – horns arrangement
* Phil Kaye – engineering

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{YouTube|0q-ZhYpRGyk|Listen to "Two Divided by Love"}}

{{The Grass Roots}}

Category:1971 singles
Category:The Grass Roots songs
Category:ABC Records singles
Category:1971 songs
Category:Songs written by Dennis Lambert
Category:Songs written by Brian Potter (musician)
Category:The Kendalls songs

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