The recording, with a large string orchestra, wah-wah guitar, and big rhythm,   
   is considered to be an influence on the disco sound, which would explode in   
   popularity the following year. The song was also popular on the Adult   
   Contemporary chart in the U.S.,   
    where it spent two weeks at #1. It was also used by ABC Sports for many years   
   as the opening theme music for its golf coverage. New York television station   
   WPIX used it as the closing music for its then-Action News franchise during   
   the mid-1970s.[3][4]    
   In Canada, the single saw similar success, reaching #1 on the RPM 100 National   
   Singles Chart on March 2, 1974.[5]   
      
   In addition, "Love's Theme" was also recorded in a vocal version by Love   
   Unlimited (on their 1974 album In Heat). Andy Williams released a vocal   
   version in May of 1974 that reached #16 on the adult contemporary chart in the   
   United States. Enoch Light    
   recorded an electro-disco instrumental version on his 1977 album, Disco   
   Disque. The song is also part of Meco's instrumental medley "Hooked On   
   Instrumentals Part I" (from the 1985 album Hooked On Instrumentals). In May   
   1993, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the    
   Dark released the single "Dream of Me (Based on Love's Theme)" (from their   
   album Liberator, released the same year) which used a sample of this Barry   
   White composition. This single reached #24 on the UK Singles Chart, and Barry   
   White was given a writing    
   credit.   
      
   This song was covered by American smooth jazz trumpeter Rick Braun and   
   contemporary jazz artist Paul Hardcastle on his album, The Collection from   
   2009.[citation needed]   
      
   The Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways used the music for their TV   
   advertisements. It was also featured briefly in Mean Girls, Despicable Me 2,   
   El Cantante, Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death and The SpongeBob   
   Movie: Sponge Out of Water.   
      
   The Australian Seven Network’s Saturday morning music video show: Sounds   
   Unlimited used the song as its opening and closing theme.   
      
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