Looks Like We Made It

"Looks Like We Made It" is a song sung by American singer Barry Manilow, from his 1976 album, This One's for You, composed by Richard Kerr with lyrics by Will Jennings. It was released as a single on 20 April 1977.

Overview

The song was first released in 1976 on his album This One's For You, and it was released as a single in 1977 where it reached the number one spot on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. It is ranked as the 37th greatest U.S. hit of 1977.

Despite the optimism suggested by the song's title, the narrator is actually ruminating on the fact that he and his ex-lover have finally found happiness and fulfillment—though not with each other. They have, indeed, "made it," but apart, not together. Songwriter Will Jennings commented,

Richard [Kerr] and I have often remarked on the people, millions of them in the world, who misunderstood the lyric of "Looks Like We Made It." It is a rather sad and ironic lyric about making it apart and not together, and of course everyone thinks it is a full on, positive statement. I don't know. Perhaps it is... in a way.^[1]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Adult Contemporary (Billboard)	1
Canada (RPM) Top Singles	4
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) ^[2]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[3]	37
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary ^[4]	7
WLS survey (Chicago) ^[5]	34
Canada (RPM) Top Singles ^[6]	81

Track listing

7" AS 0244

"Looks Like We Made It" – 3:33
"New York City Rhythm (Live)"

Other recordings

Facts of Life on their 1977 album Facts of Life
Christopher Wheat on his 2013 album Breaking the Waves

References

↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits. Billboard Books. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8230-7693-2.
↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3676&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3676.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3676
↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1977.htm
↑ MBAJ&printsec=frontcover Billboard, December 24, 1977.
↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls89of77.htm
↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5502a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5502a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5502a

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Preceded by "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single July 23, 1977 (one week)	Succeeded by "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" by Andy Gibb

Barry Manilow singles

1970s	"Mandy" (1974) "Sandra" (1974) "It's a Miracle" (1975) "Could It Be Magic" (1975) "I Write the Songs" (1975) "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (1976) "This One's for You" (1976) "Weekend in New England" (1976) "Looks Like We Made It" (1977) "Daybreak" (1977) "It's Just Another New Year's Eve" (1977) "Can't Smile Without You" (1978) "Even Now" (1978) "Copacabana" (1978) "Ready to Take a Chance Again" (1978) "Somewhere in the Night" (1978) "Ships" (1979) "When I Wanted You" (1979)

1980s	"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" (1980) "Bermuda Triangle" (1980) "I Made It Through the Rain" (1980) "The Old Songs" (1981) "Somewhere Down the Road" (1981) "Let's Hang On!" (1982) "Oh Julie" (1982) "Memory" (1982) "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" (1982) "Read 'Em and Weep" (1983) "When October Goes" (1984) "Run to Me" (1985) "I'm Your Man" (1986) "Keep Each Other Warm" (1989)

1990s	"If I Can Dream" (1990) "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" (1997)

2000s	"River" (2003) "Unchained Melody" (2006) "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (2006)

2010s	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (2012)

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