Everybody Loves a Lover Columbia catalog number 41195, "Everybody Loves a Lover" first reached the "Billboard" magazine charts on July 21, 1958. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at number 6; on the Best Seller chart, at number 17; and on the Hot 100 composite chart, it reached number 14. The Doris Day version is noteworthy for the third verse, in which, through overdubbing, the first four lines of verse 2 are superimposed on the first four lines of verse 1, creating a counterpoint duet. The two segments end on the same word, "Pollyanna", sung in harmony. The song was Day's last big
More Than a Lover could be seen as controversial. Tyler's previous hit single "Lost in France" became a European hit single, and was due to be released in the United States when "More Than a Lover" was due for a European release. In December 1976, Tyler informed "Record Mirror" that her follow-up single to "Lost in France" would be "much more gutsy". "The World Starts Tonight" was aimed at a February/March release in 1977, and "More Than a Lover" was released one month ahead of the album. "Record Mirror" described the song as "more meaty" than "Lost in France", but didn't think the song