"Dear John" is a song by Scottish band Love and Money, released in 1986 as the second single from their debut studio album All You Need Is....

[4] Upon its release as a single, Jerry Smith of Music Week considered "Dear John" to be as "equally memorable" as "Candybar Express".

He added, "If 'Candybar Express' couldn't crack it for talented Scots Love and Money, then trying to make the breakthrough with this is about as worthwhile as hitting yourself on the head with a scaffolding pole.

"[7] Jim Reid of Record Mirror was also critical, describing it as being "hooked to such an old Hall & Oates bass line you can smell the carcass all the way from Glasgow".

He noted that, alongside Brother Beyond's "I Should Have Lied" and Curiosity Killed the Cat's "Misfit", it was an example of a "gutless imitative record" and concluded, "When young bands try so hard to be neutered and colourless, you can only spit on their lack of ambition.