Don't Give Up on Us (song)

"Don't Give Up on Us"
Single by David Soul
B-side "Black Bean Soup"[1]
Released

1976 (UK) [1]

January 1977 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded 1976
Genre Soft rock
Length 3:32
Label Private Stock[1]
Writer(s) Tony Macaulay[1]
Producer(s) Tony Macaulay[1]
Certification Gold
David Soul singles chronology
"Don't Give Up on Us"
(1976)		 "Going in With My Eyes Open"
(1977)

"Don't Give Up on Us" is a song by American-British singer David Soul.[1] Riding high on the success of playing in the hit TV show Starsky and Hutch, Soul returned to one of his early career choices as a singer. His debut, the Tony Macaulay-written-and-produced "Don't Give Up on Us" 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",[1] was 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 forty 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.

Zsa Zsa Padilla revived this in 1998, making it the first Filipino revival. Piolo Pascual also covered this song for the soundtrack of the film of the same title in the Philippines.

The song was also used in the film Johnny English Reborn (2011).

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1976-77) Peak
position
Australia[5] 1
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] 1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [7] 1
Ireland 1
New Zealand[8] 1
UK [2] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[9] 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia [5] 11
Canada 20
New Zealand [11] 5
UK [12] 2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [13] 29
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [14]
22
U.S. Cash Box [15] 40

Succession

Preceded by
"When a Child Is Born (Soleado)" by Johnny Mathis		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
January 15, 1977 (four weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" by Julie Covington
Preceded by
"Southern Nights" by Glen Campbell		 Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single
April 9, 1977 (one week) 		Succeeded by
"Right Time of the Night" by Jennifer Warnes
Preceded by
"Dancing Queen" by ABBA		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
April 16, 1977 (one week) 		Succeeded by
"Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston

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