Never Give Up on a Good Thing

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"Never Give Up on a Good Thing"
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U.S. vinyl single
Single by George Benson
from the album The George Benson Collection
B-side "Livin' Inside Your Love"
ReleasedDecember 1981 [1] [2]
Genre
Length4:06
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Michael Garvin, Tom Shapiro
Producer(s) Jay Graydon
George Benson singles chronology
"Turn Your Love Around"
(1981)		"Never Give Up on a Good Thing"
(1981)		"Inside Love (So Personal)"
(1983)
Official Audio
"Never Give up on a Good Thing" (2015 GH Version) on YouTube

"Never Give Up on a Good Thing" is a song by American jazz fusion musician George Benson, released as a single in December 1981. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 23 January 1982, and reached a peak position of number 14. It remained on the chart for 10 weeks. [3]

Contents

The song was written by Michael Garvin and Tom Shapiro. It was issued on Warner Bros. Records and appears on The George Benson Collection , released in 1981. The single's B-side is "Livin' Inside Your Love".

Personnel

Sources: [4]

Charts

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [5] 18
Ireland (IRMA) [6] 23
New Zealand [7] 14
UK (The Official Charts Company) [3] 14
US Billboard Hot 100 [8] 52
US Billboard R&B [2] 16
US Cash Box Top 100 [9] 55

References

  1. ↑ "Official UK Singles Charts 17 January 1982 – 23 January 1982". Official Charts Company . Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "George Benson: US R&B". Billboard . Retrieved January 20, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan; Gambaccini, Paul (1990). Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums . Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness World Records and Guinness Publishing. ISBN   0-85112-398-8.
  4. ↑ "Never Give Up on a Good Thing by George Benson on WhoSampled". WhoSampled.
  5. ↑ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Never Give Up on a Good Thing". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 28 March 1982" . Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1991). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990. Record Research. ISBN   0-89820-089-X.
  9. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 4/03/82". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
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