Echoes of Love (The Doobie Brothers song)

"Echoes of Love" is a song by the American rock band The Doobie Brothers. The song was written by band member Patrick Simmons in collaboration with Willie Mitchell and Earl Randle. This song served as the second single from their seventh studio album Livin' on the Fault Line and was later covered by The Pointer Sisters on their 1978 album Energy. The two groups also performed it together in concert the following year.

"Echoes of Love"
Single by The Doobie Brothers
from the album Livin' on the Fault Line
B-side"There's a Light"
ReleasedSeptember 21, 1977
Recorded1977
StudioSunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
GenrePop rock, soft rock
Length2:57
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Patrick Simmons, Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle
Producer(s)Ted Templeman
The Doobie Brothers singles chronology
"Little Darling (I Need You)"
(1977)		 "Echoes of Love"
(1977)		 "Nothin' But a Heartache"
(1977)

The song had originally been intended for Al Green, with whom both Mitchell and Randle had worked in the past. When it was eventually passed over, it came to Simmons's attention, who then added some music and lyrics of his own and co-wrote the finished version with Mitchell and Randle.

Cash Box said that "an unusual, synthesized introduction instantly lends a warm feeling" and that it contains "deep layers of vocal harmony."[1] Record World said that the song "emphasizes synthesizer work and vocal harmonies, and bears [the Doobie Brothers'] melodic trademarks."[2]

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Charts
Year Single Chart Position
1977 "Echoes of Love" Pop Singles 66

References
  1. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 8, 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  2. "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. October 8, 1977. p. 46. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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