I Won't Last a Day Without You

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“I Won't Last a Day Without You”
“I Won't Last a Day Without You” cover
Cover to the single "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
Single by The Carpenters
from the album A Song for You
A-side "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
B-side "One Love"
Released March 25, 1974
Format 7" single
Recorded 1972
Genre Pop
Length 03:52
Label A&M Records
1521
Writer(s) Paul Williams; Roger Nichols
Producer Jack Daugherty
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Top of the World" (1973) "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (1974) "Please Mr. Postman" (1974)
A Song for You track listing
Side one
  1. "A Song for You"
  2. "Top of the World"
  3. "Hurting Each Other"
  4. "It's Going to Take Some Time"
  5. "Goodbye to Love"
  6. "Intermission"
Side two
  1. "Bless the Beasts and Children"
  2. "Flat Baroque"
  3. "Piano Picker"
  4. "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
  5. "Crystal Lullaby"
  6. "Road Ode"
  7. "A Song for You (Reprise)"

"I Won't Last a Day Without You" is a song composed by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols. Williams released his version as a single in 1973, but garnered only minor success. Maureen McGovern recorded the song and released it as a single in 1973 (included on her album The Morning After), achieving minor success. It became a hit single for The Carpenters in 1974. (#11 pop, #1 easy listening.)

In 1972, Richard Carpenter learned of a new song from his partners, Paul Williams and Roger Nichols (composed the famous "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays") and put it on their A Song for You album. Shortly after, Diana Ross heard it and put it on her album Touch Me in the Morning the following year.

Chart Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 11
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
Record World 9
Canadian Singles Chart 7
Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart 40
UK Singles Chart 9
v • d • e
The Carpenters
Karen Carpenter · Richard Carpenter
Discography
Ticket to Ride (1969) · Close to You (1970) · Carpenters (1971) · A Song for You (1972) · Now & Then (1973) · The Singles: 1969-1973 (1973) · Horizon (1975) · A Kind of Hush (1976) · Live at the Palladium (1976) · Passage (1977) · The Singles: 1974-1978 (1978) · Made in America (1981) · Voice of the Heart (1983) · Lovelines (1989) · As Time Goes By (2004)
Videography
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