Footsteps (Steve Lawrence song)

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"Footsteps"
Single by Steve Lawrence
B-side "You Don't Know"
ReleasedFebruary 1960 (US); April 1960 (UK)
Genre Pop
Length2:07
Label ABC-Paramount (US); HMV (UK)
Songwriter(s) Barry Mann, Hank Hunter
Producer(s) Don Costa [1]
Steve Lawrence singles chronology
"Pretty Blue Eyes"
(1959)
"Footsteps"
(1960)
"Girls, Girls, Girls"
(1960)

"Footsteps" is a hit single by the American singer and actor Steve Lawrence, recorded in January 1960 and released in spring 1960 by ABC-Paramount Records in the US and HMV in the UK. The song was written by Barry Mann and Hank Hunter. [2]

Contents

The single has Lawrence's wife, Eydie Gormé, as a backing vocalist and Don Costa's Orchestra and chorus.

Charts

In the US, it spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 7 on April 4, 1960, [3] while reaching No. 4 in the Record Retailer chart in the UK, [4] [5] No. 3 in the CHUM Hit Parade in Canada, [6] and No. 9 on VG-lista in Norway. [7]

Chart (1960)Peak
position
Canada CHUM Hit Parade [6] 3
Netherlands [8] 16
Norway VG-lista [7] 9
UK Record Retailer [4] 4
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 7
US Cash Box Top 100 [9] 9
US Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most [10] 4
US Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes [11] 9
Wallonia [12] 29

Cover versions

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References

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  6. 1 2 "CHUM Charts – Chart No. 156". CHUM. April 25, 1960. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
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