(Want You) Back in My Life Again

"(Want You) Back in My Life Again"
"(Want You) Back in My Life Again"
Single by Carpenters
from the album Made in America
B-side	"Somebody's Been Lyin'"
Released	September 1981
Recorded	1981
Genre	Synthpop, new wave, post-disco
Length	3:40
Label	A&M; 1940
Songwriter(s)	Kerry Chater / Chris Christian
Producer(s)	Richard Carpenter
Carpenters singles chronology

"(Want You) Back in My Life Again" is a song by the popular group the Carpenters, the second single off their album Made in America, released in 1981. The song reached #72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.^[1] Its B-side was "Somebody's Been Lyin'", another song from the album.

This song also has the "synthesizer programming" of Daryl Dragon of Captain and Tennille fame.^[2]

Charts[]

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	72
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	14

References[]

^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ The Complete Guide to the Music of the Carpenters by John Tobler, Omnibus Press, 1998. pg 92
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

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[1] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[2] The Complete Guide to the Music of the Carpenters by John Tobler, Omnibus Press, 1998. pg 92

[3] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

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Live albums	Live in Japan (1975) Live at the Palladium (1976)
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Television series and specials	Make Your Own Kind of Music (1971) Live at the BBC (1971) Very First TV Special (1976) Space Encounters (1978) A Christmas Portrait (1978) Music, Music, Music (1980)
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