The Second Time Around (Shalamar song)

"The Second Time Around"
Single by Shalamar
from the album Big Fun
B-side	"Leave It All Up to Love"
Released	October 12, 1979
Format	7" single
Recorded	1979
Genre	Disco
Label	SOLAR Records
Writer(s)	Leon Sylvers III, William Shelby
Producer(s)	Leon Sylvers III
Certification	Gold (RIAA)

"The Second Time Around" is a 1979 hit by Los Angeles-based R&B group, Shalamar. The song is the first single from their album, Big Fun. The single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980.^[1] "The Second Time Around" also went to number one on the disco/dance chart in January 1980.^[2] The song was produced by Leon Sylvers III, who cowrote the song with William Shelby.^[3]

In 1980, the band made a promotion of "The Second Time Around" for the radio station KJR in Seattle, called "The Sonics Came to Play," dedicated to the Seattle SuperSonics who had won the NBA Championship the previous year.

Samples

Missy Elliott interpolated it in her song "Is This Our Last Time?" from her This Is Not a Test! album.

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	8
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1
U.S. Billboard US Dance	1

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 520.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 231.
3. White, Adam; Bronson, Fred (1993). The Billboard Book of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits. Billboard Books:Watson-Guptill Publications, New York. p. 267.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics