I Won't Last a Day Without You

Not to be confused with Won't Last a Day Without You.
"I Won't Last a Day Without You"

Cover to the single "I Won't Last a Day Without You"
Single by The Carpenters
from the album A Song for You
B-side "One Love"
Released March 25, 1974
Format 7" single
Recorded 1972
Genre Pop
Length 3:52
Label A&M
1521
Writer(s) Paul Williams; Roger Nichols
Producer(s) Jack Daugherty
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
(1974)		 "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 with lyrics written by Paul Williams and music composed by Roger Nichols. Williams released his version as a single in 1973, but garnered only minor success. Maureen McGovern recorded the song and also released it as a single in 1973 (and included on her album The Morning After), with results similar to those of Williams. It became a hit single for The Carpenters in 1974, reaching number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the easy listening chart,.[1] "I Won't Last a Day Without You" was The Carpenters' ninth number one on the Easy Listening chart.

In 1972, Richard Carpenter had learned of a new song from his partners, Paul Williams and Roger Nichols, who had already contributed "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" to the Carpenters's repertoire and catalogue of chart selections, and he included it on their A Song for You album. Shortly after, Diana Ross heard it and included it on her album Touch Me in the Morning the following year. In 1974, Barbra Streisand included the song on her album ButterFly. Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album, The Way We Were. Mel Torme also sang a version of the song, culminating in holding one of the longest last notes in showbiz history, with a full six and a half bars.

Personnel

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1974) Peak
position
Canadian 'RPM' 7
Oricon International Singles Chart 1
Oricon (Japanese) Singles Chart 40
UK 9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 11
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 9
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974) Position
U.S. Cash Box [2] 99

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 107.
  2. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/1974YESP.html

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