You Take My Breath Away (Rex Smith song)

"You Take My Breath Away"
Single by Rex Smith
from the album Sooner or Later
B-side "You're Never Too Old to Rock & Roll"
Released April 1979
Format 7" single
Genre Soft rock
Length 3:19
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Bruce Hart
Stephen Lawrence
Producer(s) Charles Calello
Stephen Lawrence
Rex Smith singles chronology
"You Take My Breath Away"
(1979)		 "Everlasting Love"
(1981)

"You Take My Breath Away"
(1979)		 "Everlasting Love"
(1981)

"You Take My Breath Away" is the 1979 debut single by singer-actor Rex Smith and the first release from his third studio album Sooner or Later which is also featured in the 1979 made-for-television film of the same title starring Smith and Denise Miller. It was produced by Charles Calello and Stephen Lawrence, and written by Lawrence and Bruce Hart.

The song reached number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 for two weeks (dated on June 23)[1] and spent two weeks at number seven on the Cash Box Top 100.[2] It also peaked at number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3] The song was certified Gold.[4] In Canada, "You Take My Breath Away" reached as high as number three.[5]

The song is featured on Disney Channel, an American basic cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Television Group, itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

References

  1. ↑ Billboard.com
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 222.
  4. ↑ Ed Hogan. "Sooner or Later - Rex Smith | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  5. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.


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