Somebody's Waiting
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| Studio album by Anne Murray | ||||
| Released | March 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jim Ed Norman | |||
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Somebody's Waiting is the 15th studio album by Anne Murray issued, in March 1980 on Capitol Records. The album charted lower in the U.S. than most of Murray's other releases from the same period, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 88 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, (in Murray's native Canada, it reached number 32). Its first single "Lucky Me" reached the U.S. country top ten, peaking at number 9; it also reached number 42 on the U.S. pop singles charts. A second single, a cover of the Beatles' "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You", made the country top thirty, and reached number 64 on the Hot 100 chart.
The song, "The French Waltz" was later recorded by Art Garfunkel on his 1981 album, Scissors Cut, which he made in tribute to his deaceased wife Laurie Bird.
Track listing
- Lucky Me
- You Set My Dreams to Music
- What's Forever For
- Do You Think of Me
- The French Waltz
- I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
- Moon Over Brooklyn
- Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You)
- Beginning to Feel Like Home
- Somebody's Waiting
Musicians
- Keyboards - Pat Riccio, Jr/Brian Gatto
- Drums & Percussion - Jorn Anderson
- Bass - Peter Cardinali
- Guitars - Aidan Mason/Brian Russell/Bob Man
- Steel Guitar & Dobro - Bob Lucier
- Strings & Horns arranged by Rick Wilkins & Peter Cardinali
Chart performance
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
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| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Albums | 32 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 88 |
| Preceded by Gideon by Kenny Rogers Dolly, Dolly, Dolly by Dolly Parton My Home's in Alabama by Alabama |
RPM Country Albums number-one album June 28 - July 5, 1980 August 23 - September 6, 1980 November 8 - December 6, 1980 |
Succeeded by Dream Street Rose by Gordon Lightfoot<br/ >San Antonio Rose by Willie Nelson and Ray Price The Rovers by The Rovers |
