Somebody's Waiting

Somebody's Waiting
Studio album by Anne Murray
Released	March 1980
Genre	Country
Label	Capitol
Producer	Jim Ed Norman
Anne Murray chronology
I'll Always Love You (1979)I'll Always Love You1979 Somebody's Waiting (1980) A Country Collection (1980)A Country Collection1980

Somebody's Waiting is the 15th studio album by Anne Murray released in March 1980 on Capitol Records. The album charted lower in the U.S. than most of Murray's other releases from the same period, peaking at number 15 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and number 88 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. In Murray's native Canada, it reached number 32.

Its first single. "Lucky Me", reached the U.S. country Top Ten, peaking at number 9; it also reached number 42 on the U.S. pop singles charts. A second single, a cover of the Beatles' "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You", made the country Top Thirty, and reached number 64 on the Hot 100 chart.

The song, "The French Waltz", was later recorded by Art Garfunkel on his 1981 album, Scissors Cut.

Track listing

1. "Lucky Me" (Charlie Black, Rory Michael Bourke) – 3:06
2. "You Set My Dreams to Music" (Molly Ann Leikin, Steve Dorff) – 2:39
3. "What's Forever For" (Rafe Van Hoy) – 3:36
4. "Do You Think of Me" (Sandy Ross) – 3:38
5. "The French Waltz" (Adam Mitchell) – 4:08
6. "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:51
7. "Moon Over Brooklyn" (Jimmy Lott, Alan Miles) – 3:56
8. "Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You)" (Harry Ruby, Bert Kalmar) - 3:16
9. "Beginning to Feel Like Home" (Colleen Peterson) – 2:43
10. "Somebody's Waiting" (Aidan Mason, Gordon Adams) – 3:26

Personnel

• Keyboards – Pat Riccio, Jr, Brian Gatto
• Drums & Percussion – Jorn Anderson
• Bass – Peter Cardinali
• Guitars – Aidan Mason, Brian Russell, Bob Mann
• Steel Guitar & Dobro – Bob Lucier
• Tenor saxophone – Michael Brecker
• Strings & horns arranged by Rick Wilkins & Peter Cardinali

Chart performance

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