You're the First, the Last, My Everything

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
You're the First, the Last, My Everything
  DE 9 12/30/1974 (22 weeks)
  AT 7th 02/15/1975 (16 weeks)
  CH 7th 02/07/1975 (7 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 11/02/1974 (14 weeks)
  US 2 11/02/1974 (15 weeks)

You're the First, the Last, My Everything is a 1974 song by Barry White written by him, Peter Radcliffe, and Tony Sepe. It appeared on the album Can't Get Enough .

history

Peter Radcliffe originally conceived the song as a country song with the title You're My First, You're My Last, My In-Between , but later White changed two thirds of the lyrics with Sepe and reworked it as an R&B / Disco song .

The release took place on October 25, 1974, in the Cash Box Charts as well as Great Britain and Italy , the song was a number one hit.

The song was used in films such as Money Talks - Money doesn't stink (as a duet with Faith Evans ), Bridget Jones - On the Edge of Madness , The Zoo Keeper and Dark Shadows . In the television series Ally McBeal , the main character John Cage often focuses on the song in stressful situations in order to collect himself.

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart statistics for You're the First, the Last, My Everything on chartsurfer.de