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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
Genre Pop rock
Length3:24
Label EMI 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

Weekly charts

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

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

References

  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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