Looks Like We Made It
| "Looks Like We Made It" | ||||
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| Single by Barry Manilow | ||||
| from the album This One's For You | ||||
| B-side | "New York City Rhythm (Live)" | |||
| Released | 20 April 1977 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Length | 3:33 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Richard Kerr and Will Jennings | |||
| Producer | Ron Dante | |||
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"Looks Like We Made It" is a song by American singer Barry Manilow, from his 1976 album, This One's for You, composed by Richard Kerr with lyrics by Will Jennings. It was released as a single on 20 April 1977.
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[edit] Overview
The song was first released in 1976 on his album This One's For You, and it was released as a single in 1977 where it reached the number one spot on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart.
Despite the optimism suggested by the song's title, the narrator is actually ruminating on the fact that he and his ex-lover have finally found happiness and fulfillment—though not with each other. They have, indeed, "made it," but apart, not together. Songwriter Will Jennings commented,
Richard [Kerr] and I have often remarked on the people, millions of them in the world, who misunderstood the lyric of "Looks Like We Made It." It is a rather sad and ironic lyric about making it apart and not together, and of course everyone thinks it is a full on, positive statement. I don't know. Perhaps it is... in a way.[1]
[edit] Track listing
- 7" AS 0244
- "Looks Like We Made It" – 3:33
- "New York City Rhythm (Live)"
[edit] Cover versions
The song was covered by Facts of Life in 1977.
[edit] See also
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1977 (U.S.)
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1977 (U.S.)
[edit] References
- ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits. Billboard Books. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8230-7693-2.
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