Now and Forever (You and Me)

"Now and Forever (You and Me)"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Something to Talk About
B-side	"I Don't Wanna Spend Another Night Without You"
Released	January 1986
Genre	Pop[1]
Length	4:14
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	David Foster Randy Goodrum Jim Vallance
Producer(s)	David Foster
Anne Murray singles chronology
"I Don't Think I'm Ready for You" (1985) "Now and Forever (You and Me)" (1986) "Who's Leaving Who" (1986)

"Now and Forever (You and Me)" is a hit song written by David Foster, Randy Goodrum and Jim Vallance and recorded by Canadian Country vocalist Anne Murray. It was aided by a popular music video, filmed in Toronto.

It was released in January 1986 as the first single from the Gold-certified album Something to Talk About. The cut was Murray's tenth #1 hit on the U.S. Country singles chart and spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It remained for a total of nineteen weeks on the Billboard Country chart.^[2] (This was Murray's final 45 to cross over to the U.S. 'Pop' chart.)

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3]	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks [4]	2
Canadian RPM Top Singles[5]	12
UK Singles Chart	76
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[6]	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7]	92

References

1. "Anne Murray Going Pop Again After Six Years" (PDF). Billboard. February 15, 1986.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 243.
3. "RPM Country Tracks for May 3, 1986". RPM. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
4. "RPM Adult Contemporary for March 15, 1986". RPM. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
5. "RPM Top Singles for March 29, 1986". RPM. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
6. "Anne Murray Adult Contemporary Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
7. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 291. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.