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(Want You) Back in My Life Again

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"(Want You) Back in My Life Again"
Single by Carpenters
from the album Made in America
B-side"Somebody's Been Lyin'"
ReleasedSeptember 1981
Recorded1981
GenreSynthpop, new wave, post-disco
Length3:40
LabelA&M
1940
Songwriter(s)Kerry Chater / Chris Christian
Producer(s)Richard Carpenter
Carpenters singles chronology
"Touch Me When We're Dancing"
(1981)
"(Want You) Back in My Life Again"
(1981)
"Those Good Old Dreams"
(1981)

"(Want You) Back in My Life Again" is a song by the popular group the Carpenters, the second single off their album Made in America, released in 1981. The song reached #72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1] Its B-side was "Somebody's Been Lyin'", another song from the album.

This song also has the "synthesizer programming" of Daryl Dragon of Captain and Tennille fame.[2]

Charts

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Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 72
US Cashbox[3] 75
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 14

References

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  1. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. ^ The Complete Guide to the Music of the Carpenters by John Tobler, Omnibus Press, 1998. pg 92
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996. Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-209-0.
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