Love is Like Oxygen - wikipedia Love is Like Oxygen `` Love Is Like Oxygen '' Single by Sweet from the album Level Headed B - side `` Cover Girl '' Released January 1978 ( 1978 - 01 ) Format 7 '' Recorded 1977 Genre Glam rock power pop Length 6 : 57 ( album version ) 3 : 46 ( single version ) Label Polydor Capitol Songwriter ( s ) Andy Scott Trevor Griffin Producer ( s ) Sweet Sweet singles chronology `` Stairway to the Stars '' ( 1977 ) `` Love Is Like Oxygen '' ( 1978 ) `` California Nights '' ( 1978 ) `` Stairway to the Stars '' ( 1977 ) `` Love Is Like Oxygen '' ( 1978 ) `` California Nights '' ( 1978 ) `` Love Is Like Oxygen '' France single `` Love Is Like Oxygen '' Netherlands single `` Love Is Like Oxygen '' is a song by the British band Sweet, co-written by the group 's guitarist Andy Scott and Trevor Griffin, a musician who had played with various unsuccessful bands before becoming a roadie and sound engineer, and released in January 1978. The song was a departure from earlier recordings by the Sweet, which were more guitar - driven and featured high vocal harmonies. The extended album version of the song ( 6 minutes 57 seconds ), which appeared on their album Level Headed, incorporates strings and has some disco elements. Their first release on the Polydor label after their departure from RCA, it was also their last Top 10 hit, reaching # 4 in New Zealand, # 6 in Switzerland, # 8 in Belgium, Canada, and the United States, # 9 in United Kingdom, and # 10 in West Germany. Later that year it was honoured with a Song of the Year nomination at the Ivor Novello Awards, although beaten by `` Baker Street '' by Gerry Rafferty. The song is frequently included on greatest hits compilations, usually in its edited single version. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly singles charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1978 ) Peak position Australia 9 Austria 23 Belgium 8 Canada 8 Finland 7 West Germany 10 Ireland 8 Netherlands 16 New Zealand 6 Switzerland 6 UK 9 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8 U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Year - end charts Chart ( 1978 ) Rank Australia 55 Canada 63 New Zealand 29 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 23 References Jump up ^ Thompson, Dave. Song Review by Dave Thompson at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 March 2016. Jump up ^ Don Breithaupt ( 15 May 2007 ). Steely Dan 's Aja. A & C Black. p. 87. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8264 - 2783 - 0. Jump up ^ Kim Cooper ; David Smay ( 2001 ). Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Feral House. p. 299. ISBN 978 - 0 - 922915 - 69 - 9. Jump up ^ `` Die ganze Musik im Internet : Charts ''. Musicline.de. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 16 July 1978 Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Australian Chart Book ''. Austchartbook.com.au. Archived from the original on 2016 - 03 - 05. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly Top 200 Singles of ' 78 ''. bac-lac.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 22, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top Selling Singles of 1978 The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1978 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1978 / Top 100 Songs of 1978 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 13. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics The Sweet Mick Tucker Steve Priest Brian Connolly Andy Scott Frank Torpey Mick Stewart Mal McNulty Paul Mario Day Phil Lanzon Malcolm Pearson Jeff Brown Ian Gibbons Steve Mann Studio albums Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be Sweet Fanny Adams Desolation Boulevard Give Us a Wink Off the Record Level Headed Cut Above the Rest Waters Edge Identity Crisis Live albums Strung Up Live in Denmark 1976 Live at the Rainbow 1973 Compilation albums Gimme Dat Ding The Sweet 's Biggest Hits The Sweet The Sweet Singles Album Strung Up The Golden Greats The Ballroom Blitz & More Sweet Hits Platinum Rare Action : The Sweet Anthology Singles `` Little Willy '' `` Wig - Wam Bam '' `` Block Buster ! '' `` The Ballroom Blitz '' `` The Six Teens '' `` Peppermint Twist '' `` Fox on the Run '' `` Action '' `` Love Is Like Oxygen '' Related articles Discography Book Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Love_Is_Like_Oxygen&oldid=802419620 '' Categories : 1977 songs 1978 singles British power pop songs Capitol Records singles Songs written by Andy Scott ( guitarist ) Sweet ( band ) songs Polydor Records singles Hidden categories : Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Norsk Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 26 September 2017, at 01 : 47. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the song love is like oxygen
Answer: Andy Scott