Everything But My Pride

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"Everything But My Pride"
Single by Cutting Crew
from the album The Scattering
B-side "Big Noise"
Released1989
Length3:59
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cutting Crew singles chronology
"The Scattering"
(1989)
"Everything But My Pride"
(1989)
"The Last Thing"
(1990)

"Everything But My Pride" is a song by the British rock band Cutting Crew, released in 1989 as the third single from their second studio album, The Scattering .

Contents

Reception

Billboard said that the "melodic midtempo track exudes more of a distinctive and dramatic hook than its predecessor." [1]

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [2] 72
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [3] 4

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References

  1. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard . 15 July 1989. p. 65 via World Radio History.
  2. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6562." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
  3. "Hot Adult Contemporary Chart" (PDF). Billboard . 21 October 1989. p. 13 via World Radio History.