Somewhere Down the Road (Barry Manilow song)

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"Somewhere Down the Road"
Somewhere Down the Road by Barry Manilow.jpg
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album If I Should Love Again
B-side "The Old Songs"
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
Genre Pop
Length3:59
Label Arista
Songwriters Cynthia Weil, Tom Snow
Producer Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"The Old Songs"
(1981)		"Somewhere Down the Road"
(1981)		"Let's Hang On!"
(1982)

"Somewhere Down the Road" is a popular song written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow and most famously recorded in 1981 by Barry Manilow. Weil wrote the song's lyrics and Snow wrote the melody.

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Release

The song was chosen for Barry Manilow by Arista Records' then-president, Clive Davis, and recorded by Manilow on his album If I Should Love Again . Released as the follow-up to the top 20 hit "The Old Songs", "Somewhere Down the Road" did moderately well as a single in early 1982, reaching No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. On February 20, 1982, the song reached No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and stayed there for two weeks. [1] In Canada, the song reached number seven on the Adult Contemporary chart. [2]

Record World called it a "warm ballad" in which "Manilow's reassuring vocal is complemented with sparkling piano leads." [3]

The song was introduced to new audiences when it was prominently featured in an episode of the TV show Ally McBeal in 2001. In the episode "Reach Out and Touch" (which guest-starred Manilow as the subject of the title character's hallucinations), the song was performed by Manilow and singer/series regular Vonda Shepard.

In 1996, the song was used in an episode of Philippine drama Villa Quintana on GMA Network.[ citation needed ]

Charts

Chart (1981-82)Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [4] 7
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 21
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [6] 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 345.
  2. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-02-27. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  3. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 19, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1982-02-27. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
  5. ↑ "Barry Manilow Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Barry Manilow Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2018.


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