The Old Songs

"The Old Songs" is a song written by David Pomeranz and Buddy Kaye and recorded by Barry Manilow. The song was a track from Manilow's 1981 album, If I Should Love Again.

"The Old Songs"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album If I Should Love Again
B-side"Don't Fall in Love With Me"
ReleasedOctober 1981
GenrePop, Soft Rock
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)David Pomeranz, Buddy Kaye
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Lonely Together"
(1981)		 "The Old Songs"
(1981)		 "Somewhere Down the Road"
(1981)

"The Old Songs" peaked at number fifteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was Manilow's eleventh number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, spending three weeks at number one.[1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (1981–82) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[2] 2
UK[3] 48
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 15
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 16

Year-end charts
Chart (1981) Rank
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [4] 98

See also

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 156.
  2. "Item: 9739 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 347. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.


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