After the Lovin'

"After the Lovin'"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album After the Lovin'
B-side "Let's Remember the Good Times"
Released October 1976 (1976-10)
Format 7-inch single
Genre Pop, Easy listening
Length 3:55
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Alan Bernstein, Ritchie Adams
Producer(s) Joel Diamond
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology
"This Is What You Mean to Me"
(1975)		 "After the Lovin'"
(1976)		 "I Believe in Miracles"
(1977)

"This Is What You Mean to Me"
(1975)		 "After the Lovin'"
(1976)		 "I Believe in Miracles"
(1977)

"After the Lovin'" is a single by Engelbert Humperdinck, composed by Ritchie Adams with lyrics by Alan Bernstein. The single was a U.S. top-ten hit in late 1976/early 1977, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the Cash Box Top 100.[1] It became a RIAA gold record.[2] It is ranked as the 61st biggest U.S. hit of 1977.[3] The song also reached number 40 on the country singles chart (which, despite spending much of his early career recording country songs, was his only appearance in the country top 40 charts) and spent two weeks atop the easy listening chart.[4]

"After the Lovin'" reached number seven on the Canadian chart ranking 80th for the year 1977. It hit number one on Canada's Adult Contemporary list.[5]

In New Zealand, the song spent a week at number one,[6] ranking 10th for the year 1977 in that country.[7]

The song failed, however, to chart in the UK, despite Humperdinck's earlier successes.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1976–77) Peak
position
Australia [8] 13
Canada RPM Top Singles 7
Canada Adult Contemporary [5] 1
New Zealand[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 40
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia [11] 63
Canada RPM Top Singles[12] 80
New Zealand [7] 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [13] 61
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [14]
15

See also

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-23. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 120.
  5. 1 2 "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  6. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-03-13. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  7. 1 2 "Top Selling Singles of 1977 | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-12-31. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  9. ↑ NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, February 27, 1977
  10. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 15, 1977
  11. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  12. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  13. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  14. ↑ Billboard. Books.google.com. 1977-12-24. p. Front cover. Retrieved 2016-10-11.


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