I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You

"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You"
"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You"
	Cover of German release
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album I'm Nearly Famous
B-side	"Junior Cowboy"
Released	23 July 1976
Recorded	8–9 September 1975
Studio	Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Pop
Length	2:50
Label	Rocket, EMI
Songwriter(s)	Ken Gold, Michael Denne
Producer(s)	Bruce Welch
Cliff Richard singles chronology

"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" is a 1976 song by British singer Cliff Richard. It was the third single taken from his album I'm Nearly Famous. It reached number 17 in the UK Singles Chart and number 80 in the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]^[2] It also did particularly well in Ireland, reaching number 2.^[3]

Personnel[]

As per the album liner notes:^[4]

Terry Britten - guitar
Alan Tarney - bass
Clem Cattini - drums
Graham Todd - keyboards
Tony Rivers - backing vocals, vocal arrangement
John Perry - backing vocals
A. Harding - backing vocals
Richard Hewson - string arrangements
Bruce Welch - producer, arrangement

Chart performance[]

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)^[5]	23
Ireland (IRMA)^[3]	2
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[6]	38
UK Singles (OCC)^[1]	17
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	80

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cliff Richard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
^ I'm Nearly Famous (CD). Cliff Richard. EMI. 1976.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard – I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
^ "Charts.nz – Cliff Richard – I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You". Top 40 Singles.

[UKsinglesbyname-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.

[USsingles-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Cliff Richard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

[Irelandsingles-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2019.

[liner-4] I'm Nearly Famous (CD). Cliff Richard. EMI. 1976.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[sc_Belgium_(Flanders)_Cliff_Richard-5] "Ultratop.be – Cliff Richard – I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.

[sc_New_Zealand_Cliff_Richard-6] "Charts.nz – Cliff Richard – I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You". Top 40 Singles.

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1950s	"Move It" (1958) "High Class Baby" (1958) "Livin' Lovin' Doll" (1959) "Mean Streak" (1959) "Living Doll" (1959) "Travellin' Light" (1959)
1960s	"A Voice in the Wilderness" (1960) "Fall in Love with You" (1960) "Please Don't Tease" (1960) "Nine Times Out of Ten" (1960) "I Love You" (1960) "Theme for a Dream" (1961) "Gee Whizz It's You" (1961) "A Girl Like You" (1961) "When the Girl in Your Arms..." (1961) "The Young Ones" / "We Say Yeah" (1962) "I'm Lookin' Out the Window" / "Do You Want to Dance?" (1962) "It'll Be Me" (1962) "The Next Time" / "Bachelor Boy" (1962) "Summer Holiday" (1963) "Lucky Lips" (1963) "It's All in the Game" (1963) "Don't Talk to Him" (1963) "Maria No Mas" (1963) "I'm the Lonely One" (1964) "I Only Have Eyes for You" (1964) "Constantly (L'Edera)" (1964) "On the Beach" (1964) "The Twelfth of Never" (1964) "I Could Easily Fall (In Love with You)" (1964) "The Minute You're Gone" (1965) "Angel" (1965) "Wind Me Up (Let Me Go)" (1965) "Blue Turns to Grey" (1966) "Visions" (1966) "Time Drags By" (1966) "In the Country" (1966) "It's All Over" (1967) "The Day I Met Marie" (1967)" "All My Love" (1967) "Congratulations" (1968) "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" (1968) "Marianne" (1968) "Big Ship" (1969) "Early in the Morning" (1969) "Throw Down a Line" (1969)
1970s	"Goodbye Sam, Hello Samantha" (1970) "Sunny Honey Girl" (1971) "Sing a Song of Freedom" (1971) "Living in Harmony" (1972) "Power to All Our Friends" (1973) "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On" (1974) "Honky Tonk Angel" (1975) "Miss You Nights" (1976) "Devil Woman" (1976) "I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You" (1976) "Hey Mr. Dream Maker" (1976) "My Kinda Life" (1977) "When Two Worlds Drift Apart" (1977) "Green Light" (1979) "We Don't Talk Anymore" (1979)
1980s	"Carrie" (1980) "Dreamin'" (1980) "Suddenly" (1980) "A Little in Love" (1980) "Give a Little Bit More" (1981) "Wired for Sound" (1981) "Daddy's Home" (live) (1981) "The Only Way Out" (1982) "Little Town" (1982) "She Means Nothing to Me" (1983) "True Love Ways" (live) (1983) "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)" (1983) "Please Don't Fall in Love" (1983) "Baby You're Dynamite" / "Ocean Deep" (1984) "Donna" (1984 US) "Two to the Power of Love" (1984) "She's So Beautiful" (1985) "Living Doll" (1986) "All I Ask of You" (1986) "My Pretty One" (1987) "Some People" (1987) "Remember Me" (1987) "Two Hearts" (1988) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "The Best of Me" (1989) "I Just Don't Have the Heart" (1989) "Lean on You" (1989) "Whenever God Shines His Light" (1989)
1990s	"Stronger Than That" (1990) "Silhouettes" (live) (1990) "From a Distance" (live) (1990) "Saviour's Day" (1990) "Scarlet Ribbons" (1991) "We Should Be Together" (1991) "I Still Believe in You" (1992) "Peace in Our Time" (1993) "Human Work of Art" (1993) "Healing Love" (1993) "All I Have to Do Is Dream" (live) / "Miss You Nights" (1994) "Misunderstood Man" (1995) "Had to Be" (1995) "Can't Keep this Feeling In" (1998) "The Millennium Prayer" (1999)
2000s	"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"/"What a Wonderful World" (medley) (2001) "Let Me Be the One" (2002) "Santa's List" (2003) "Somethin' is Goin' On" (2004) "I Cannot Give You My Love" (2004) "What Car" (2005) "21st Century Christmas" / "Move It" (2006) "When I Need You" (2007) "Thank You for a Lifetime" (2008) "Singing the Blues" (2009)
2010s	"Rip It Up" (2013) "Since I Lost My Baby" (2014) "Golden" (2015) "Roll Over Beethoven" (2016) "Blue Suede Shoes" (2017) "(It's Gonna Be) Okay" (2017) "Rise Up" (2018) "Reborn" (2018)

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