Lift Me Up (Howard Jones song)

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"Lift Me Up"
Howard Jones-Lift Me Up.jpg
Single by Howard Jones
from the album In the Running
Released30 March 1992 [1]
Genre Synthpop, pop rock
Length3:39
Label WEA UK
Elektra Records US – Elektra 64779
Songwriters Ross Cullum, Howard Jones
Producers Ross Cullum, Howard Jones
Howard Jones singles chronology
"The Prisoner"
(1989)		"Lift Me Up"
(1992)		"Two Souls"
(1992)

"Lift Me Up" is a Top 40 song by British singer-songwriter Howard Jones. It was written and produced by Ross Cullum and Jones, and appeared on Jones' 1992 album In the Running . "Lift Me Up" has been featured on several of Jones' compilations and live albums, including 1993's The Best of Howard Jones , 1996's Live Acoustic America and 2004's The Very Best of Howard Jones . [2]

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Chart performance

It was released as a single in 1992 and reached number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 13 on the Radio & Records Contemporary Hit Radio chart. [3] It was Jones' ninth and last Billboard Top 40 hit. [4] The song also reached number 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart, his last hit on that chart to date. In Canada, the song peaked at number 6, making it the last top 10 hit of Jones' career in any nation.

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [5] 131
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [6] 52
UK Network Chart Network Chart 40
UK Airplay Chart Music Week 25
US Billboard Hot 100 32
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [7] 10

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 28 March 1992. p. 33.
  2. ↑ "Howard Jones: Lift Me Up". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Radio & Records" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 12 June 1992. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th ed.). Billboard Books. p. 331. ISBN   0-8230-7499-4.
  5. ↑ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 18 May 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  6. ↑ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 130.
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