Circles (Atlantic Starr song)

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"Circles"
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Single by Atlantic Starr
from the album Brilliance
Released 1982
Genre
Length6:25 (12" version)
Label A&M (2392-S, US)
A&M (AMS 8218, UK)
Songwriter(s) David Lewis, Wayne Lewis
Producer(s) James Anthony Carmichael
Atlantic Starr singles chronology
"When Love Calls"
(1981)
"Circles"
(1982)
"Love Me Down"
(1982)

"Circles" is a song by the American band Atlantic Starr, and the first single released from their 1982 album Brilliance . [3] [4] The single was the most successful for the group thus far, peaking at number two for two weeks on the Soul Singles chart and it also became their first single to hit the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 38. [5] "Circles" was also Atlantic Starr's most successful single on the dance charts, peaking at number nine. [6]

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Cover versions

Chart positions

Atlantic Starr

Chart (1982)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100
38
US Billboard Hot Black Singles
2
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs
9

Saffron

Chart (1993)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart [9]
60

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