This One's for You (song)

"This One's for You" is the title track from the 1976 album by Barry Manilow with words and music by Manilow and Marty Panzer. "This One's for You" peaked at number twenty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100, and it was Manilow's fifth number one on the Easy Listening chart, reaching the top position for one week in November 1976.^[1] "This One's for You" was followed by the single, "Weekend in New England". The song was covered by Teddy Pendergrass for his 1982 album, "This One's For You." An early version of the song appears on Manilow's compilation box set, The Complete Collection and Then Some....

Chicago radio superstation WLS, which gave the song much airplay, ranked "This One's For You" as the 66th most popular hit of 1976.^[2] It reached as high as number seven on their survey of November 6, 1976.

Chart performance

Weekly Singles Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	29
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	21
Canadian RPM	36
Canadian Adult Contemporary ^[3]	1
WLS survey (Chicago) ^[4]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1976)	Position
WLS survey (Chicago) ^[5]	66
Canadian RPM singles	193

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 155.
↑ "The WLS Big 89 of 1976". Wlshistory.com.
↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5148&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=gvc0o7i3c6lvhlckmc8nfvea25
↑ http://www.users.qwest.net/~oldiesloon/wls110676.htm
↑ http://www.oldiesloon.com/il/wls89of76.htm

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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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