This One's for You (Barry Manilow song)

"This One's for You" is the title track from the 1976 album by Barry Manilow with words and music by Manilow and Marty Panzer. "This One's for You" peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was Manilow's fifth number one on the Easy Listening chart, reaching the top position for one week in November 1976.[1] "This One's for You" was followed by the single, "Weekend in New England". The song was covered by Shirley Bassey on her 1977 album titled, "You Take My Heart Away", and Teddy Pendergrass for his 1982 album, "This One's for You." An early version of the song appears on Manilow's compilation box set, The Complete Collection and Then Some....

"This One's for You"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album This One's for You
B-side"Riders to the Stars"
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Length3:25
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Barry Manilow, Marty Panzer
Producer(s)Barry Manilow, Ron Dante
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again"
(1976)		 "This One's for You"
(1976)		 "Weekend in New England"
(1976)

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "This One's for You" as the 66th most popular hit of 1976.[2] It reached as high as number seven on their survey of November 6, 1976.

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[3] 28
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[4] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 29
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6] 1
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 21
US Radio & Records 23

Year-end charts
Chart (1976) Rank
Canadian RPM Top Singles [8] 193
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[9] 170

See also
  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.)

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 155.
  2. "The WLS Big 89 of 1976". Wlshistory.com.
  3. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5118A." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  4. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5148." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
  5. "Barry Manilow Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. "Barry Manilow Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  7. "Cash Box Top 100 10/30/76". Tropicalglen.com. 1976-10-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  8. "Top Singles – Volume 26, No. 14 & 15, January 08 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  9. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.


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