I Won't Last a Day Without You
"I Won't Last a Day Without You" | ||||
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Single by Carpenters | ||||
from the album A Song for You | ||||
B-side | "One Love" (US) / "Goodbye to Love" (UK double A-side) | |||
Released | March 25, 1974 (1974-03-25) (USA) / September 1972 (1972-09) (UK) | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 3:52 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) |
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Producer(s) | Jack Daugherty | |||
Carpenters singles chronology | ||||
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A Song for You track listing | ||||
13 tracks
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"I Won't Last a Day Without You" is a song by The Carpenters with lyrics written by Paul Williams and music composed by Roger Nichols. It was released in the U.K. in September 1972, paired with "Goodbye to Love" as a double-A side. The single reached No. 9 and spent 14 weeks on the chart. It was later released in the U.S. and became a hit single for them in 1974, reaching No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the easy listening chart.[1] It was the Carpenters' ninth No. 1 on the easy listening chart.
Background
In 1972, Richard Carpenter had learned of a new song by Williams and Nichols, who had already contributed "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" to the Carpenters. He included it on their 1972 album A Song for You, but it would not be released as a single until 1974.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Personnel
- Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals
- Richard Carpenter – backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, orchestration
- Joe Osborn – bass guitar
- Tony Peluso – electric guitar
- Hal Blaine – drums
- Louie Shelton – electric guitar[citation needed]
- Earl Dumler – English horn
- Uncredited – tambourine
Other versions
Many artists have released other versions of "I Won't Last a Day Without You". Among the most notable are:
- Bobby Darin recorded a cover that later appeared on a posthumous album titled Darin 1936-1973 released by Motown Records a year after his death.
- Diana Ross included it on her 1973 album Touch Me in the Morning; she also made it the B side of the title track single release, which became a No. 1 hit.
- Paul Williams, on the 1972 album Life Goes On, and as a single in 1973, but his rendition garnered only minor success (US No. 106).[11]
- Barbra Streisand included it in her 1974 album ButterFly.
- Maureen McGovern released it as a single in 1973 (and included it on her album The Morning After), reaching No. 89 Billboard, No. 72 Cash Box and No. 14 Adult Contemporary. In Canada, her version reached No. 12 AC.[12] The Carpenters released their single the following year.
- Al Wilson created a medley of "I Won't Last a Day Without You" with another Nichols/Williams composition "Let Me Be The One" for his 1974 album La La Peace Song. The medley was issued as a single in December 1974 and went to No. 18 on the R&B chart in Billboard magazine; it crossed over to both Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart (No. 39) and to the mainstream Pop chart the Billboard Hot 100 (No. 70).
- Ringo Sheena covered the song on her 2002 cover album Utaite Myōri as a duet with Hikaru Utada, who appears as a featured vocalist.
See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1974 (U.S.)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 107.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - June 1, 1974" (PDF).
- ^ "RPM Top AC Singles - June 15, 1972" (PDF).
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Carpenters".
- ^ "Carpenters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ "Carpenters Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
- ^ "RPM 1974 Wrap Up - December 28, 1974" (PDF).
- ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1974". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
- ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, November 30, 1973
External links
- Carpenters - I Won't Last a Day Without You on YouTube
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- Close to You (1970)
- Carpenters (1971)
- A Song for You (1972)
- Now & Then (1973)
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- A Kind of Hush (1976)
- Passage (1977)
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- Voice of the Heart (1983)
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- The Very Best of the Carpenters (1982)
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- Only Yesterday (1990)
- From the Top (1991)
- Interpretations: A 25th Anniversary Celebration (1995)
- Love Songs (1997)
- Reflections (1998)
- The Singles: 1969–1981 (2000)
- The Essential Collection: 1965–1997 (2002)
- Carpenters Perform Carpenter (2003)
- Gold: 35th Anniversary Edition (2004)
- The Ultimate Collection (2006)
- 40/40 (2009)
- Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (2018)
- Time (1987)
- Karen Carpenter (1996)
- Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor (1998)
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- Music, Music, Music (1980)
- Gold: Greatest Hits (1991 VHS / 2002 DVD)
- Interpretations (1995 VHS / 2003 DVD)
- Close to You: Remembering The Carpenters (1998)
- Only Yesterday: The Carpenters Story (2007)
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- If I Were a Carpenter
- Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story
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