The Only Way Out (Cliff Richard song)

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"The Only Way Out"
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album Now You See Me, Now You Don't
B-side
  • "Under the Influence"
  • "Be In My Heart" (US/Canada)
Released2 July 1982[1]
RecordedJanuary 1982
GenrePop rock
Length3:24
LabelEMI Records
Songwriter(s)Ray Martinez
Producer(s)Cliff Richard, Craig Pruess
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Daddy's Home"
(1981) 		"The Only Way Out"
(1982) 		"Where Do We Go from Here"
(1982)
Music video
"The Only Way Out" on YouTube

"The Only Way Out" is a song recorded by English singer Cliff Richard, released in 1982 as the lead-single for his album Now You See Me, Now You Don't. The song was written by British guitarist Ray Martinez.[2] The song reached number 10 in the UK Singles Chart[3] and reached the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Chart performance[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4] 14
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 3
Denmark (Hitlisten)[6] 28
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 59
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 10
Finland (IFPI Finland)[10] 20
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 20
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[12] 21
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] 14
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 64
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[15] 26
US Cash Box Top 100[16] 69

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1982) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[17] 168

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Cliff Richard Song Databasewebsite: Discography - Singles". cliffrichardsongs.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ^ "The Only Way Out" is included on numerous Cliff Richard albums listed on the Allmusic 'Credits' page. See any of those albums.Eugene Chadbourne. Ray Martinez Credits at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  4. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970 – 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1983-01-22. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  6. ^ "The Only Way Out - Cliff Richard - Danske Hitlister". danskehitlister.dk. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Cliff Richard – The Only Way Out" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Cliff Richard – The Only Way Out" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  9. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Only Way Out". Irish Singles Chart.
  10. ^ Lassila, Juha (1990). Mitä Suomi soittaa?: Hittilistat 1954-87 (in Finnish). Jyväskylän yliopisto. ISBN 978-951-680-321-3.
  11. ^ "Cliff Richard – The Only Way Out" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  12. ^ "Cliff Richard – The Only Way Out". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Cliff Richard – The Only Way Out". Swiss Singles Chart.
  14. ^ "Cliff Richard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Cliff Richard Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  16. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles 31 Oct 1982". Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts – 1980s". Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

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