Now I Know (Jack Jones song)

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"Now I Know"
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Single by Jack Jones
from the album Our Song
B-side "More and More"
Genre Traditional pop
Songwriter(s) James Last, Stanley Jay Gelber & Scott English
Jack Jones singles chronology
"Afterthoughts"
(1967)
"Now I Know"
(1967)
"Our Song"
(1967)
"Now I Know"
Single by Eddie Fisher
A-side "Now I Know"
B-side "I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do"
Genre Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop
Producer(s) Al Schmitt [1]
Eddie Fisher singles chronology
"People Like You"
(1967)
"Now I Know"
(1967)
"I'll Pick a Rose for My Rose"
(1969)

"Now I Know" is a single by Jack Jones, released in May 1967. [2]

Contents

Overview

Jones' version peaked at No. 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 3 on the Easy Listening chart. [3] It got #43 on AC chart's year-end Top 50 list. [4] On another American chart magazine, Cash Box, the single reached No. 74. [5] After his next single, Our Song did well on the charts, he recorded an album with the same name, which included "Now I Know".

Eddie Fisher's version

After the modest success with People Like You, Eddie Fisher recorded "Now I Know" with "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do" as the B-side, (the B-side appeared on his album People Like You) in 1967. [6] William Ruhlmann of AllMusic comments that "People Like You" barely registered on the pop charts, and that "Now I Know" got even less attention in the spring. [7] It was his last single that charted, and his recording career basically came to an end, with him only recording a tribute album You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet the next year. The song reached No. 23 on the Easy Listening chart, and didn't appear on the Hot 100. [8] On Record World's Top Non-Rock, the song peaked at No. 19, [9] and on the Up Coming Singles the song peaked at No. 14, (No. 114 with the 100 Top Pops). [10]

Reception

Record World put the single in it's "Single Picks of the Week", and wrote: "Eddie Fisher makes it three in a row with 'Now I Know,' a tearful, sentimental ballad," and that "It is the kind of single that makes good music better." [11]

Charts

"Now I Know" by Jack Jones
Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 73
US Billboard Easy Listening 3
US Cashbox Top 100 Singles 74
"Now I Know" by Eddie Fisher
Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 131
US Billboard Easy Listening 23
US Record World Up Coming Singles 114
US Record World Top Non-Rock 19
US Cashbox Looking Ahead 135

References

  1. "Eddie Fisher – Now I Know". Metason Music. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  2. "Performance: [Add song title if you want]". SecondHandSongs. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  3. "Jack Jones Songs Chart History". Music VF. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  4. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1967-06-17. p. 43. Archived from the original on 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  5. Downey, Pat (1994). Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950–1993. Libraries Unlimited. p. 182. ISBN   978-1563081897 . Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  6. "Eddie Fisher – Now I Know". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  7. "People Like You". RhythmOne (via AllMusic). Archived from the original on 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  8. "Eddie Fisher Songs Chart History". Music VF. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  9. "Record World's Top Non-Rock", Record World , June 10, 1967. p. 42. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  10. "Record World's Up Coming Singles", Record World , June 17, 1967. p. 16. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  11. "Record World's Top Week Single Picks", Record World , May 13, 1967. p. 1, 9. Retrieved September 19, 2025.