Torn Between Two Lovers

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“Torn Between Two Lovers”
Single by Mary MacGregor
from the album Torn Between Two Lovers
A-side "Torn Between Two Lovers"
B-side "I Just Want To Love You"
Released USA
Format 7" single
Recorded 1976
Genre Pop
Length 03:40
Label Ariola America
7638
Writer(s) Peter Yarrow, P. Jarrell
Producer Peter Yarrow & Barry Beckett
“Torn Between Two Lovers”
Single by Mary MacGregor
from the album Torn Between Two Lovers
A-side "Torn Between Two Lovers"
B-side "I Just Want To Love You"
Released FRANCE
Format 7" single
Recorded 1976
Genre Pop
Length 03:40
Label Eurodisc
17581
Writer(s) Peter Yarrow, P. Jarrell
Producer Peter Yarrow & Barry Beckett
“Torn Between Two Lovers”
Single by Mary MacGregor
from the album Torn Between Two Lovers
A-side "Torn Between Two Lovers"
B-side "I Just Want To Love You"
Released JAPAN
Format 7" single
Recorded 1976
Genre Pop
Length 03:40
Label Ariola America
VIP-2491
Writer(s) Peter Yarrow, Phil Jarrell
Producer Peter Yarrow & Bary Beckett

"Torn Between Two Lovers" is the title of a song written by Peter Yarrow and Phil Jarrell. It was inspired by Boris Pasternak's novel, "Dr. Zhivago", which featured a man in love with two women. Yarrow originally intended the song to be sung by a man. It was recorded by St. Paul, Minnesota-born singer Mary MacGregor in 1976, and was #1 on the US charts for two weeks in February, 1977. The song inspired the title of a feature film released in 1979, starring Lee Remick, George Peppard, and Joseph Bologna. The 1976 recording was used in a television commercial in 2006.


Preceded by
"Car Wash" by Rose Royce
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
February 5, 1977
Succeeded by
"Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band