There's No Me Without You

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There's No Me Without You
The Manhattans There's No Me Without You album.jpg
Studio album by
Released1973
Studio
Genre Soul, R&B
Label Columbia [1]
Producer Bobby Martin [2]
The Manhattans chronology
A Million to One
(1972)
There's No Me Without You
(1973)
That's How Much I Love You
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

There's No Me Without You is the fifth studio album by the American vocal group The Manhattans, released in 1973 through Columbia Records.

Contents

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 19 on the R&B albums chart. It reached No. 150 on the Billboard 200. The title track peaked at No. 3 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 43 on the Billboard Hot 100. "You'd Better Believe It" charted at No. 18 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and No. 77 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Wish That You Were Mine" reached No. 19 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."There's No Me Without You"Edward Bivins3:38
2."We Made It"Winfred Lovett4:13
3."Wish That You Were Mine"Winfred Lovett4:17
4."I'm Not a Run Around" Teddy Randazzo, Roger Joyce3:14
5."Soul Train"Winfred Lovett, Little Harlem4:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."You'd Better Believe It"John Fowlkes, Roger Genger4:26
7."It's So Hard Loving You"Charles Reed2:30
8."The Day the Robin Sang to Me"Kenneth Kelly3:43
9."Falling Apart at the Seams" Teddy Randazzo, Victoria Pike, Souren Mozian2:17
10."The Other Side of Me" Gerald Alston, Winfred Lovett3:09

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1973)Peaks
[6]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs 150
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs 19

Singles

YearSinglePeaks
US
[6]
US
R&B

[6]
1973"There's No Me Without You"433
"You'd Better Believe It"7718
"Wish That You Were Mine"19

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