It's Too Late to Love Me Now

"It's Too Late to Love Me Now" is a song written by Gene Dobbins, Rory Michael Bourke, and Johnny Wilson. Since its composition, the song as been covered as a single by various artists from the country and pop musical genres. It was first released as a single by country artist, Charly McClain in 1977.

"It's Too Late to Love Me Now" has also been featured on albums by various country recording artists, beginning with Dolly Parton on her 1978 release, Heartbreaker. "It's Too Late" has also been featured on albums by Lorrie Morgan and Dottie West.

Charly McClain version

"It's Too Late" was first released as a single by American country artist, Charly McClain. Released in April 1977, the song peaked at number eighty seven on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. It was the third and final single from McClain's debut album, Here's Charly McClain.

The song was the first of many singles McClain would release. It would also be the first of a series of recordings McClain would make for the Epic record label in Nashville, Tennessee. She would go on to have a series of major country hits in the 1980s, including "Who's Cheatin' Who" and "Radio Heart".^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1977)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	87

Cher version

"It's Too Late (to Love Me Now)"

Single by Cher

from the album Take Me Home

B-side

"Shoppin'"

Released

1978

Genre

Pop, Country

Length

3:39

Label

Casablanca

Producer(s)

Bob Esty, Ron Dante

Cher singles chronology

"Wasn't It Good"
(1979)

"It's Too Late (to Love Me Now)"
(1979)

"Hell on Wheels"
(1979)

In 1979, American pop artist Cher released a cover version of the song and retitled it as "It's too Late (to Love Me Now)". It was issued as the third single from her fifteenth album Take Me Home in 1979. The song was originally released as a seven- and twelve-inch single respectfully in an LP format. To date, the song is Cher's only major release to country radio.

"It's Too Late (to Love Me Now)" record was a minor hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, peaking at number eighty seven. This was the same peaking chart position that McClain had with her original 1977 version of the song. The song would be one of Cher's last single releases of the decade.^[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1979)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	87

Jeanne Pruett version

"It's Too Late"

Single by Jeanne Pruett

from the album Music Row

B-side

"I Can't Feel at Home"

Released

June 1980

Recorded

May 1980^[4]
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

IBC

Jeanne Pruett singles chronology

"Temporarily Yours"
(1980)

"It's Too Late"
(1980)

"Sad Old Shade of Glory"
(1981)

In 1980, American country artist Jeanne Pruett released a cover version of the song and titled it as, "It's Too Late". Issued as a single in June 1980, "It's Too Late" peaked at number nine on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[5] Initially not released onto an album, "It's Too Late" was eventually issued on Pruett's 1983 effort entitled, Music Row.

The song became Pruett's third top ten single in a row on the Billboard country chart. Additionally, "It's Too Late" would become Pruett's final top ten single (and final major hit) on any Billboard singles chart.^[5] To date, Pruett's cover of the song is the most successful version.

Chart performance

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	9

References

↑ "Praguefrank's Country Discographies: Charly McClain". Praguefrank. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 221.
↑ "allmusic ((( Cher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. 1965–2005. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
↑ "Praguefrank's country discographies: Jeanne Pruett". Pruagefrank. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Charly McClain

Notable singles	"It's Too Late to Love Me Now" "Make the World Go Away" "That's What You Do to Me" "Men" "Who's Cheatin' Who" "Surround Me with Love" "Sleepin' with the Radio On" "The Very Best Is You" "Dancing Your Memory Away" "With You" "Paradise Tonight" "Sentimental Ol' You" "Band of Gold" "Radio Heart" "With Just One Look in Your Eyes" (with Wayne Massey) "You Are My Music, You Are My Song" (with Wayne Massey) "Don't Touch Me There"

Collaboration singles	"When It's Down to Me and You" (with Wayne Massey)

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Cher singles

1960s	"All I Really Want to Do" "Where Do You Go" "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" "Alfie" "I Feel Something in the Air" "Sunny" "Hey Joe" "You Better Sit Down Kids" "For What It's Worth"

1970s	"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" "The Way of Love" "Living in a House Divided" "Don't Hide Your Love" "Am I Blue" "Half-Breed" "Dark Lady" "Train of Thought" "Take Me Home" "Wasn't It Good" "Hell on Wheels"

1980s	"Rudy" "I Paralyze" "I Found Someone" "We All Sleep Alone" "Skin Deep" "Bang Bang" "Main Man" "After All" "If I Could Turn Back Time" "Just Like Jesse James"

1990s	"Heart of Stone" "You Wouldn't Know Love" "Baby I'm Yours" "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" "Love and Understanding" "Save Up All Your Tears" "Love Hurts" "Could've Been You" "When Lovers Become Strangers" "Oh No Not My Baby" "Whenever You're Near" "Many Rivers to Cross" "Walking in Memphis" "One by One" "Not Enough Love in the World" "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" "Paradise Is Here" "Believe" "Strong Enough" "All or Nothing" "Dov'è l'amore"

2000s	"The Music's No Good Without You" "Song for the Lonely" "Alive Again" "A Different Kind of Love Song" "When the Money's Gone" "Love One Another"

2010s	"You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" "Woman's World" "I Hope You Find It" "Take It Like a Man" "I Walk Alone"

Guest singles	"A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Everyday)" "Dead Ringer for Love" "I Got You Babe" "It Ain't Necessarily So" "Love Can Build a Bridge" "Più che puoi" "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"

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