Even Now (Barry Manilow song)

"Even Now"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album Even Now
B-side "I Was a Fool (To Let You Go)"
Released 1978
Format 7" (45 rpm)
Genre Pop
Length 3:28
Label Arista 0330
Writer(s) Marty Panzer (words)
Barry Manilow (music)
Producer(s) Ron Dante
Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Can't Smile Without You"
(1978)		 "Even Now"
(1978)		 "Copacabana"
(1978)

"Even Now" is a 1978 song by American adult contemporary and pop music singer Barry Manilow. It is the title track from his 1978 album, and Manilow wrote the music and co-produced the track with Ron Dante. The words were written by Marty Panzer.

Released as the second single from the album, "Even Now" became a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in June 1978, peaking at #19.[1] It became Manilow's ninth song to reach number one on the Billboard easy listening chart, spending three weeks atop the chart beginning May 27, 1978.[2]

In his autobiography Sweet Life, Manilow said that the song was "one of my personal favorites, which never fails to move me. It reminded me of the great times I had collaborating with" Marty Panzer, with whom the singer had worked previously.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [3] 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 130

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 394.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 218.
  3. ↑ http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19771029.html
  4. ↑ http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1978wye.htm

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