On and On (Stephen Bishop song)

"On and On"
Single by Stephen Bishop
from the album Careless
B-side "Little Italy"
Released May 1977
Format 7"
Recorded 1976
Genre Soft rock
Length 3:00
Label ABC Records
Writer(s) Stephen Bishop
Producer(s) Henry Lewy, Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop singles chronology
"Save It for a Rainy Day"
(1976)		 "On and On"
(1977)		 "Never Letting Go"
(1977)

"On and On" is a song by American singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. The song became a major hit, peaking at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1] It was his greatest hit, and spent 28 weeks on the chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 6.[2]

On the U.S. Easy Listening chart, "On and On" peaked at number two.[3] It reached number three on the corresponding Canadian chart.

Despite failing to crack the Top Ten, it was the 30th ranked single by the Billboard magazine year-end chart for 1977 as a result of its almost seven-month chart run.[4] The song appears on his 1976 album, Careless.

The song was featured in the films Anger Management, How to Deal, The Hitcher, Margot at the Wedding, and Remarkable Power.

Cover versions

Kenny Rankin covered "On and On" in 1977. His version charted concurrently with Stephen Bishop's original, reaching #110 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under chart.

Personnel

Track listing

US 7" single
A. "On and On" - 3:00
B. "Little Italy" - 3:35

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia 66
Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] 6
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 3
New Zealand [6] 29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 11
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[3] 2
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[7] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Canada [8] 71
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [9] 30
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary [10]
6
U.S. Cash Box [11] 28

References

  1. 1 2 "Stephen Bishop - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  2. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 33.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-10-30. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ "Obsolete song title page". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  9. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  10. ↑ Billboard. Books.google.com. 1977-12-24. p. Front cover. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  11. ↑
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