Before My Heart Finds Out

"Before My Heart Finds Out"
Single by Gene Cotton
from the album Save the Dancer
B-side "Like a Sunday in Salem"
Released January 1978
Format 7"
Genre Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening
Label Ariola Am. 7675
Writer(s) Randy Goodrum
Producer(s) Steven A. Gibson
Gene Cotton singles chronology
"You've Got Me Runnin'"
(1977)		 "Before My Heart Finds Out"
(1978)		 "You're a Part of Me"
(1978)

"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 # 23 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spending three weeks at # 17 in Canada. It was a much bigger Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at # 3 in the U.S. and # 4 in Canada.

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 U.S. hit, reaching #40.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Singles 17
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary [1] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] 23
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [3] 16

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Rank
Canada [4] 125
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [5] 149

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4586&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4586.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4586
  2. ↑ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
  3. ↑ http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19780422.html
  4. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 380. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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