(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again

"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again"
Single by L.T.D.
from the album Something to Love
B-side	"Material Things"
Released	November 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	R&B, funk, disco
Length	8:37 (12" extended version) 4:44 (LP version) 3:40 (7" version)
Label	A&M Records
Songwriter(s)	Len Ron Hanks, Zane Grey
Producer(s)	Bobby Martin
L.T.D. singles chronology
"Love to the World" (1977) "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" (1977) "Never Get Enough of Your Love" (1978)

"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" is a hit song written by Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey for R&B/funk band L.T.D. Released from their Something To Love album, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the fall of 1977. It became a gold record. Jeffrey Osborne is the lead singer.

"Back in Love Again" was their biggest pop hit, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. ^[1] The single also reached number 19 on the disco charts. ^[2] The song was also a major hit on the Canadian pop charts, where it spent two weeks at number two. ^[3]

Personnel

• Jeffrey Osborne - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion
• Billy Osborne - Organ, Percussion, Backing Vocals
• Jimmie Davis - Clavinet, Electric Piano, Piano, Backing Vocals
• Henry Davis - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Bernorce Blackman, John McGhee - Guitar
• Carle Vickers - Flute, Flugelhorn, Soprano Saxophone, Trumpet
• Abraham "Onion" Miller - Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals
• Lorenzo Carnegie - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
• Jake Riley - Trombone
• Melvin Webb - Drums
• Lorraine Johnson - Backing Vocals

Chart history

Weekly charts Chart (1977–1978) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) 85 Belgium [4] 18 Canada RPM Top Singles [3] 2 Netherlands [4] 15 New Zealand ( Listener ) [5] 18 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [6] 4 U.S. Billboard R&B 1 U.S. Billboard Disco/Dance 19 U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [7] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Rank Canada [8] 172 Chart (1978) Rank Canada [9] 70 Netherlands [10] 68 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [11] 57 U.S. Cash Box [12] 69

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 364.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 161.
3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-01-28. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
4. "L.T.D. - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again".
5. "flavour of new zealand - search rianz". www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN   0-89820-089-X
7. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 21, 1978". Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
8. "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 11, December 31 1977". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
9. "Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
10. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl.
11. "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". www.musicoutfitters.com.
12. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978". Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.