Too Beautiful to Last

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"Too Beautiful to Last"
Single by Engelbert Humperdinck
from the album In Time
B-side "A Hundred Times A Day"
Released 1972
Genre Traditional pop
Length3:06
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Richard Rodney Bennett & Paul Francis Webster [1]
Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology
"Another Time, Another Place"
(1971)
"Too Beautiful to Last"
(1972)
"In Time"
(1972)

"Too Beautiful to Last" is a song recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was the theme from the 1971 historical biopic Nicholas and Alexandra . [1]

In 1972, the song was released on the album In Time and as a single. [2] The song spent 10 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 14, [3] while reaching No. 1 in Hong Kong, [4] No. 9 in South Africa, [5] No. 17 on the Irish Singles Chart, [6] and No. 66 on Canada's " RPM 100". [7] In the United States, the song spent 3 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 86, [8] while reaching No. 16 on Billboard 's Easy Listening chart. [9] [10]

Chart performance

Chart (1972)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart14
Hong Kong - Radio Hong Kong [4] 1
South Africa - South African Record Distributors and Manufacturers [5] 9
Ireland - Irish Singles Chart17
Canada - RPM 10066
US Billboard Hot 10086
US Billboard - Easy Listening16

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