['< sod > "\'\'\'love is in the air\'\'\'" is a [ [ 1977 in music | 1977 ] ] [ [ disco ] ] song sung by [ [ john paul young ] ]. the song was written by [ [ george young ( rock musician ) | both george young ] ] and [ [ harry vanda ] ] and it became young\'s only worldwide hit in [ [ 1978 in music | 1978 ] ], peaking at no. 2 on the australian charts and no. 5 in the [ [ uk singles chart ] ]. in the [ [ united states ] ], the song peaked at no. 7 on the [ [ billboard hot 100 | pop chart ] ] and spent two weeks at and no. 1 even on the [ [ adult contemporary ( chart ) | adult contemporary chart ] ], his only us top 40 hit. < ref > [ [ joel whitburn | taylor whitburn, joel ] ] ( 2004 ).\'\' the billboard book of top 40 hits\'\', 8th edition ( billboard publications ) < / ref > < • eod > < sod > "\'\'\'love is love in the air\'\'\'" is a [ [ 1977 in music | 1977 ] ] [ [ disco ] ] featured song sung by [ [ john paul young ] ]. the song was written by [ [ george young ( rock musician ) | george young ] ] and [ [ harry vanda ] ] and it became young\'s only worldwide hit in [ [ 1978 in music | 1978 ] ], peaking at no. 3 on the australian charts and was no. 5 in the [ [ uk singles chart ] ]. in the [ [ united states ] ], the song peaked at no. 7 on the [ [ billboard hot 100 | pop chart ] ] and spent two weeks at no. 1 on the [ [ best adult contemporary ( chart ) | adult contemporary chart ] ], his only us top 40 hit. < ref > [ [ joel whitburn | whitburn, joel ] ] ( 2004 ).\'\' the billboard weekly book of top 40 hits\'\', 8th edition ( billboard publications ) < / ref > < eod >']