People Like You (song)

"People Like You"
Single by Eddie Fisher
from the album People Like You
B-side	"Come Love!"
Released	January 1967
Recorded	1966
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:13
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)	Larry Kusik, Eddie Snyder
Eddie Fisher singles chronology
"Games That Lovers Play" (1966) "People Like You" (1967) "Now I Know" (1967)

"People Like You" was released as a lead single in January 1967, ^[1] backed by Nelson Riddle's arrangements, and became Eddie Fisher's final entry on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background

In 1966 Fisher came back to the charts with his hit single "Games That Lovers Play", which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Easy Listening. ^[2] After the success RCA Victor quickly started rushing out his next album and single.

Overview

The single debuted on the Easy Listening chart on the 28th of January that year, ^[3] and peaked at No. 4 almost a month later. ^[4] It also reached No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100, in which it stayed for 3 weeks. ^[5] On Cash Box's Top 100 chart, it peaked at No. 74 during a 6-week stay. ^{[6] [7]} On Record World's Top 100 Pops it peaked at No. 61, and on their newly created Top Non-Rock chart "People Like You" debuted at No. 23 and peaked at No. 5 after a month and a half. ^[8] The single got No. 36 in the year-end charts of the AC chart in 1967. ^[9] It was his last major hit, ^[10] with the last minor hit being recorded the same year.

Cover art

The picture taken for the single cover has the same winter background as in his Games That Lovers Play album's cover, and with him doing the same pose.

Reception

William Ruhlmann comments on AllMusic: ""People Like You" sounded like something Dean Martin should be doing". ^[11]

Billboard called it a strong follow up to his hit "Games That Lovers Play" and noted that Eddie's TV appearances and smash in-person performances will make the single as hot as "Games". ^[12]

Aftermath

Like with the album before, Fisher immediately started to record his next album after the charting song, and also like the album before the album is named the same as the song. In the end, "People Like You" continued Fisher's comeback to the charts, but the single and the album slowed the comeback.

Charts

Weekly chart performance

Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	97
US Billboard Easy Listening	4
US Cash Box Top 100 [13]	74
US Record World 100 Top Pops [8]	61
US Record World Top Non-Rock [8]	5

References

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3. Billboard Easy Listening, January 28, 1967 retrieved September, 2025
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5. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1967-06-10. p. 18. Archived from the original on 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
6. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles - March 4, 1967". Tropical Glen's Music Page. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
7. Cash Box Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993. Cash Box Publishing Co. 1994. p. 120. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
8. Record World 100 Top Pops pages 20 and 27, retrieved September 24, 2025, via Worldradiohistory.com
9. Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1967-06-10. p. 18. Archived from the original on 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
10. Cotter, Robert Michael "Bobb" (2022). Pop Music Legends. McFarland & Company. p. 1947. ISBN   978-1-63195-966-0. Archived from the original on 2024-07-01. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
11. "People Like You – Eddie Fisher". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 1 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
12. Eddie Fisher, People Like You Billboard p. 7, retrieved September 22, 2025
13. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, March 4, 1967 Cash Box, page 4, retrieved September 24, 2025, via Worldradiohistory.com