Too Late to Turn Back Now (song)

"Too Late to Turn Back Now"
Single by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
from the album Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
B-side "Lift Your Love Higher"
Released May 1972
Format Vinyl record
Recorded 1970
Genre R&B
Label United Artists
UA 50910
Songwriter(s) Eddie Cornelius
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose singles chronology
"Treat Her Like a Lady"
(1971) Treat Her Like a Lady1971		 "Too Late to Turn Back Now"
(1972) Too Late to Turn Back Now1972		 "Don't Ever Be Lonely"
(1973) Don't Ever Be Lonely1973

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is the 1972 follow-up single of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose to their debut hit "Treat Her Like a Lady". The single had previously been released in 1970 on the Platinum label.

Written by Eddie Cornelius, the song had great success upon its re-release, peaking at #5 in the U.S. R&B, #2 in the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 in Cash Box's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972.[1]

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is ranked as the 34th biggest U.S. hit of 1972. The record was awarded a gold disc on 2 August 1972 for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2][3]

The song was featured in the 2018 film BlacKkKlansman.

Chart performance

Chart run

Billboard Hot 100[2] (14 weeks, entered May 27): Reached #2 in July (2 weeks)

Cashbox Top 100[11] (15 weeks, entered May 20): 87, 69, 59, 36, 15, 10, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 5, 12, 24, 71

References

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 133. ISBN 0-89820-122-5.
  3. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 291 and 310. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  4. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  6. ↑ "Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 59.
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  9. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
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  11. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 130.
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