You Take My Breath Away (Rex Smith song)

"You Take My Breath Away" is the debut single by singer-actor Rex Smith and the first release from his third studio album Sooner or Later which is also featured in the 1979 made-for-television film of the same title starring Smith and Denise Miller. It was produced by Charles Calello and Stephen Lawrence, and written by Lawrence and Bruce Hart.

"You Take My Breath Away"
Single by Rex Smith
from the album Sooner or Later
B-side"You're Never Too Old to Rock & Roll"
ReleasedApril 1979
GenreSoft rock
Length3:19
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bruce Hart
Stephen Lawrence
Producer(s)Charles Calello
Stephen Lawrence
Rex Smith singles chronology
"You Take My Breath Away"
(1979)		 "Simply Jessie"
(1979)

Charts

The song reached number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 for two weeks (dated on June 23)[1] and spent two weeks at number seven on the Cash Box Top 100.[2] It also peaked at number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3] The song was certified Gold.[4] In Canada, "You Take My Breath Away" reached as high as number three on the Pop chart[5] and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.[6] It peaked at #27 in New Zealand.[7]

Weekly charts
Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] 54

Year-end charts
Year-end chart (1979)Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[9] 86

References
  1. Billboard.com
  2. "Top 100 1979-06-30". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 222.
  4. Ed Hogan. "Sooner or Later - Rex Smith | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  5. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  6. "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.
  7. "Flavour of new zealand - Home".
  8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. "1979 Talent in Action – Year End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 51. December 22, 1979. p. TIA-10.


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