Английская Википедия:Don't Give Up on Us (song)

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"Don't Give Up on Us" is a hit song recorded by American-British singer David Soul,[1] and written by Tony Macaulay.

Background

Riding high on the success of his role in the hit TV show Starsky and Hutch, Soul returned to singing, which had been one of his early career choices. His debut, the Tony Macaulay-written-and-produced song was a worldwide smash, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January and February 1977,[2] and a single week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1977. In addition, the song spent one week at No. 1 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart.[3] It has sold 1.16 million copies in the UK.[4]

Its B-side, "Black Bean Soup", with lyrics by actor Gardner McKay,[1] is a duet with actress Lynne Marta, whom Soul was involved with at the time.

"Don't Give Up on Us" was rated No. 93 in VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders because, despite having more hits in the UK, Soul was never again able to reach the top 40 in the US. Soul recorded a new version of the song in 2004, allegedly after being embarrassed when hearing it by chance in an elevator as sung by Owen Wilson in the film version of Starsky and Hutch.Шаблон:Citation needed The film soundtrack included a cover of the song by Wilson and Neal Casal.

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

Chart (1976–1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 1
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] 1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 1
Irish Singles Chart[8] 2
New Zealand Singles Chart[9] 1
UK Singles Chart[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[10] 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[3] 1
US Cash Box Top 100[11] 1

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Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[12] Шаблон:Center
Canada[13] 20
New Zealand [14] 5
UK[15] 2
US Billboard Hot 100[16] 29
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[17] Шаблон:Center
US Cash Box Top 100[18] 40

Decade-end charts

Chart (1970–79) Rank
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[19] 9

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Cover versions

Irish singer Darren Holden covered "Don't Give Up on Us" in 1997, reaching No. 23 in Ireland.

The song is popular in the Philippines and has been covered by Zsa Zsa Padilla, Kuh Ledesma, Jimmy Bondoc, Marion Aunor, JM de Guzman and Piolo Pascual[20] for the soundtrack of the 2006 film of the same title.

In popular culture

Owen Wilson (playing Hutch, originally Soul's character) sang the song during a scene in the film version of Starsky and Hutch. The song was also used in the film Johnny English Reborn (2011).

See also

References

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External links

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  10. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - Шаблон:ISBN
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