I Won't Last a Day Without You

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Not to be confused with Won't Last a Day Without You.

"I Won't Last a Day Without You"
I Won't Last a Day Without You.jpg
Single by Carpenters
from the album A Song for You
B-side"One Love (USA) / Goodbye to Love (UK double A side)"
ReleasedMarch 25, 1974 (1974-03-25) (USA) / September 1972 (1972-09) (UK)
Recorded1972
GenrePop
Length3:52
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Jack Daugherty
Carpenters singles chronology
"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"
(1974) 		"I Won't Last a Day Without You"
(1974) 		"Please Mr. Postman"
(1974)
A Song for You track listing
13 tracks

"I Won't Last a Day Without You" is a song with lyrics written by Paul Williams and music composed by Roger Nichols. It was released in the U.K. in September 1972, paired with Goodbye to Love as a double-A side. The single reached #9 and spent 14 weeks on the chart. It was later released in the U.S. and became a hit single for the Carpenters in 1974, reaching #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number one on the easy listening chart.[1] It was the Carpenters' ninth #1 on the easy listening chart.

Background[]

In 1972, Richard Carpenter had learned of a new song by Williams and Nichols, who had already contributed "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" to the Carpenters. He included it on their 1972 album A Song for You, but it would not be released as a single until 1974.

Chart performance[]

Personnel[]

  • Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals
  • Richard Carpenter – backing vocals, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, orchestration
  • Joe Osborn – bass guitar
  • Tony Peluso – electric guitar
  • Hal Blaine – drums
  • Louie Shelton – electric guitar[citation needed]
  • Earl Dumler – English horn
  • Uncredited – tambourine

Other versions[]

Many artists have released other versions of "I Won't Last a Day Without You". Among the most notable are:

  • Diana Ross included it on her 1973 album Touch Me in the Morning; she also made it the B side of the title track single release, which became a #1 hit.
  • Paul Williams, on the 1972 album Life Goes On, and as a single in 1973, but his rendition garnered only minor success (US #106).[9]
  • Maureen McGovern released it as a single in 1973 (and included it on her album The Morning After), reaching #89 Billboard, #72 Cash Box and #14 Adult Contemporary. In Canada, her version reached #12 AC.[10] The Carpenters released their single the following year.
  • Al Wilson created a medley of "I Won't Last a Day Without You" with another Nichols/Williams composition "Let Me Be The One" for his 1974 album La La Peace Song. The medley was issued as a single in December 1974 and went to #18 on the R&B chart in Billboard magazine; it crossed over to both Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart (#39) and to the mainstream Pop chart the Billboard Hot 100 (#70).

See also[]

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1974 (U.S.)

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 107.
  2. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". bac-lac.gc.ca. July 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". bac-lac.gc.ca. July 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  5. ^ "Carpenters Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  6. ^ "Carpenters Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". bac-lac.gc.ca. July 22, 2014.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1974". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  9. ^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  10. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, November 30, 1973

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