Let My Love Open the Door - wikipedia Let My Love Open the Door `` Let My Love Open the Door '' Single by Pete Townshend from the album Empty Glass B - side `` Greyhound Girl '' Released June 4, 1980 ( US ) Format 7 '' Recorded March 1980 Genre Art rock, new wave Length 2 : 44 Label Atco Records Songwriter ( s ) Pete Townshend Producer ( s ) Pete Townshend, Chris Thomas Pete Townshend UK singles chronology `` Rough Boys '' ( 1980 ) `` Let My Love Open the Door '' ( 1980 ) `` Keep on Working '' ( 1980 ) `` Rough Boys '' ( 1980 ) `` Let My Love Open the Door '' ( 1980 ) `` Keep on Working '' ( 1980 ) Pete Townshend US singles chronology `` Keep Me Turning '' ( 1977 ) ( with Ronnie Lane ) Keep Me Turning1977 `` Let My Love Open the Door '' ( 1980 ) Let My Love Open the Door1980 `` A Little Is Enough '' ( 1980 ) A Little Is Enough 1980 `` Let My Love Open the Door '' is a song written and performed by Pete Townshend from his 1980 album Empty Glass. It reached the top ten in the United States in that same year, reaching number nine. It reached number five in Canada. Contents 1 Background 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Personnel 4 Covers 5 List of Films, TV Shows, and Other Media featuring the track 6 References 7 External links Background Although Townshend is a devotee to the religious guru Meher Baba, he claimed in the liner notes of his Anthology CD that `` Jesus sings '' on the track. `` Let My Love Open the Door '' was released as the second single from Empty Glass in Britain, where it was backed with the non-album tracks `` Classified '' and `` Greyhound Girl. '' The song was a minor British hit, reaching # 46. The song saw more success when it was released as the debut single from Empty Glass in America, where the song reached # 9. It was Pete Townshend 's only solo top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, but The Who 's song `` I Can See For Miles, '' which was written by Townshend, reached the same position on the chart 13 years earlier. Initially, Townshend 's manager despised the track due to it `` not sounding like Townshend, '' and wanted it to be removed from Empty Glass. However, upon the song 's chart success, his manager called to apologize. Despite the song 's critical and commercial success, Pete Townshend did not consider it one of his best songs. He told Rolling Stone in an interview that `` Let My Love Open the Door '' was `` just a ditty, '' also claiming that he preferred his minor US hit `` A Little Is Enough '' from the same album. In 1996, Townshend released a new version of the song, called `` the E. Cola mix '', turning the song into a ballad. This version appeared in different television shows and film soundtracks. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1980 ) Peak position Canada RPM 100 5 UK Singles Chart 46 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 11 Year - end charts Chart ( 1980 ) Rank Canada 35 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 59 U.S. Cashbox 92 Personnel Pete Townshend : vocals, guitars, synths John `` Rabbit '' Bundrick : `` straight '' keyboards Simon Phillips : drums Tony Butler : bass guitar Ted Jensen - mastering engineer Covers A version of this song by Luminate appears on The Covers EP. It was also covered by M. Ward ( for the 2005 Starbucks compilation album, Sweetheart 2005 : Love Songs ) Christian rock group Audio Adrenaline covered this song on their 1999 album Underdog. Natalie Imbruglia covered the song on her album Male released in 2015. Great Big Sea covered the song on their 2012 album XX. Roger Daltrey covered the song in 2015 for a campaign involving Teen Cancer America and First Citizens Bank. A full version was released in February 2016, with all proceeds going to Teen Cancer America. The group Rogue Wave also covered it in `` Cover me '' released in 2017. List of films, TV shows, and other media featuring the track The song has been used frequently in film, most notably the comedy genre, often as trailer music for movies such as Jerry Maguire and How Do You Know, and then as end credit song for Mr. Deeds in 2002 ; Jersey Girl and Along Came Polly, both in 2004. It was featured in the following films and TV series : Look Who 's Talking ( 1989 ) Grosse Pointe Blank as `` E. Cola Mix '' ( 1997 ) Mr. Deeds ( 2002 ) Jersey Girl as `` E. Cola Mix '' ( 2004 ) Along Came Polly ( 2004 ) Click ( in trailers ) ( 2006 ) Dan in Real Life ( 2007 ) Doctors ( soap opera ), season 11, episode 106 ( 2009 ) Old Dogs ( 2009 ) How Do You Know ( in trailers ) ( 2010 ) Take Me Home Tonight as `` E. Cola Mix '' ( 2011 ) Red Dog ( 2011 ) Hit and Run ( 2012 ) The Newsroom ( 2012 ) - cover by Luminate used in the second season finale, `` Election Night, Part II '' ( September 15, 2013 ) Californication, season 7, episode 1 ( April 13, 2014 ) The Goldbergs, season 1 `` Why 're You Hitting Yourself ? '' ( 2013 ) the `` E. Cola Mix '' played at end before credits. Also played in Season 4, Episode 15 `` So Swayze It 's Crazy '' ( 2017 ). A cover of the song by Stacey Markus is used at the end of episode nine ( `` The Invitation '' ) of the 2015 Netflix original series Grace and Frankie, starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. The song is featured in a Walmart Christmas holiday television commercial which started airing in early December 2017. Lethal Weapon ( TV series ), season 2, episode 9 `` Fools Rush In '' play the song performed by `` Rogue wave '' ( 2017 ). References Jump up ^ Unterberger, Richie ( 2012 - 06 - 14 ). `` Let My Love Open the Door ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Pete Townshend, ' Empty Glass ' 100 Best Albums of the Eighties ''. Rolling Stone. 1989 - 11 - 16. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. ^ Jump up to : Bac-lac.gc.ca ^ Jump up to : `` Let My Love Open the Door ''. Songfacts.com. Jump up ^ `` Pete Townshend UK charts ''. Official Charts. Jump up ^ `` Pete Townshend US charts ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Collectionscanada.gc.ca Archived 2016 - 04 - 25 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ `` The Covers EP : Various artists : MP3 Downloads ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Help us open the door to better cancer care # LetMyLoveOpenTheDoor ''. Firstcitizens.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Walmart TV Commercial, ' Christmas Like a Rock Star ' Song by Pete Townshend ''. Ispot.tv. Retrieved December 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Leathal Weapon ( TV series ) `` Fools Rush '' Soundtracks ( 2017 ) ``. Imdb.com. 2017 - 05 - 12. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 30. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics hide Pete Townshend Discography Studio albums Who Came First Rough Mix ( w / Ronnie Lane ) Empty Glass All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes White City : A Novel The Iron Man : A Musical Psychoderelict Classic Quadrophenia Meher Baba tribute albums ( w / Ronnie Lane et al. ) Happy Birthday I Am With Love O ' Parvardigar Live albums Deep End Live ! ( w / Deep End ) A Benefit for Maryville Academy Live : The Empire Live : Sadler 's Wells Live : The Fillmore The Oceanic Concerts ( w / Raphael Rudd ) Live : La Jolla Playhouse 2001 Pete Townshend Live BAM 1993 Live : Brixton Academy ' 85 Compilations Scoop Another Scoop The Best of Pete Townshend Scoop 3 Scooped Lifehouse Chronicles Lifehouse Elements Anthology Truancy : The Very Best of Pete Townshend Singles `` Let My Love Open the Door '' `` Rough Boys '' `` A Little Is Enough '' `` Keep on Working '' `` Face Dances, Pt. 2 '' `` Face the Face '' `` Give Blood '' `` English Boy '' Other Songs `` Somebody Saved Me '' `` Slit Skirts '' `` White City Fighting '' `` Fire '' DVDs Lifehouse Chronicles ( video ) Live In New York Feat. Psychoderelict O Parvardigar Related articles Songs Songs Written Albums Peter Meaden The Who Deep End Tommy ( film ) The Who 's Tommy Tommy ( EP ) Tommy ( soundtrack ) The Boy Who Heard Music Quadrophenia ( musical ) Quadrophenia ( film ) Quadrophenia ( soundtrack ) The Lifehouse Method Horse 's Neck Who I Am Eel Pie Publishing Eel Pie Studios Double O Cliff Townshend Emma Townshend Simon Townshend The Wick Ashdown House, Oxfordshire The Boathouse, Twickenham Chapel House, Twickenham Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Let_My_Love_Open_the_Door&oldid=838422442 '' Categories : 1980 singles Debut singles Pete Townshend songs Songs written by Pete Townshend 1980 songs Atco Records singles Song recordings produced by Pete Townshend British new wave songs Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Čeština Español Euskara Edit links This page was last edited on 26 April 2018, at 22 : 30 ( UTC ). 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Question: who wrote let my love open the door
Answer: Pete Townshend