Light of the world, shine on me Love is the answer Shine on us all, set us free Love is the answer. "Love Is the Answer" is a song written by Todd Rundgren and performed with his band Utopia. It is the closing track on their 1977 album Oops! Wrong Planet, and was the only single released from the album. Two years later, England Dan & John Ford Coley released their version as the lead single from their seventh studio album.