Lost Without Your Love
Bread
1976
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1976
Release: 1976Source checked
V3.7 reviewed original release year: The original title single was available in 1976, supported by its recording-specific Elektra date and contemporary chart presence; the later album and annual-list association do not replace that year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Elektra licensed catalog - Lost Without Your Love, original track year
Track 3 explicitly carries a 1976 phonogram year, separately from the 1977 album program and 2007 digital package. Performer/producer credits confirm David Gates with Bread.
Official Charts - Bread, Lost Without Your Love
Chart archive confirms the original Bread single was publicly available in December 1976. Used with original track date, without treating chart day as release day.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Lost Without Your Love came from Bread's reunion period and brought David Gates' singing and songwriting back together with the group's studio musicians. The title recording circulated in 1976 before the surrounding album appeared. Its recording-specific Elektra metadata and December 1976 chart presence distinguish that first release from the 1977 album program and later digital reissues. Retained list context: Lost Without Your Love by Bread is included for 1976 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Evidence scope: Sourced recording and release context; private songwriting inspiration or exact audio identity is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Elektra licensed catalog - Lost Without Your Love, original track year
Track 3 explicitly carries a 1976 phonogram year, separately from the 1977 album program and 2007 digital package. Performer/producer credits confirm David Gates with Bread. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Official Charts - Bread, Lost Without Your Love
Chart archive confirms the original Bread single was publicly available in December 1976. Used with original track date, without treating chart day as release day. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Lost Without Your Love by Bread is included for 1976 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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