| "Before My Heart Finds Out" | ||||
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| Single by Gene Cotton | ||||
| from the album Save the Dancer | ||||
| B-side | "Like a Sunday in Salem" | |||
| Released | January 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Label | Ariola Am. 7675 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Randy Goodrum | |||
| Producer(s) | Steven A. Gibson | |||
| Gene Cotton singles chronology | ||||
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"Before My Heart Finds Out" is a 1978 single and hit song by Gene Cotton. It was the debut single from his eighth album, Save the Dancer.
The song became his greatest hit, reaching number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spending three weeks at number 17 in Canada. It also reached number 16 on the US Cash Box Top 100. [1]
"Before My Heart Finds Out" was a much bigger hit on the Adult Contemporary charts, peaking at number 3 in the US and number 4 in Canada. On the US AC chart, it spent six weeks at number three, in addition to four weeks at number four. [2]
Nine months later, the B-side, "Like a Sunday in Salem (The Amos & Andy Song)", was released as an A-side single, and became a US hit, reaching number 40.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ^ a b "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 15, 1978". Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ^ a b "Adult Contemporary Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. July 17, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
- ^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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