Looking Back (Nat King Cole song)

Summary

"Looking Back" is a song written by Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, and Clyde Otis and performed by Nat King Cole. It reached number 2 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 5 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958.[1]

"Looking Back"
Single by Nat King Cole
B-side"Do I Like It?"
Released1958 (1958)
GenreEasy listening
Length2:10
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis
Nat King Cole singles chronology
"Night of the Quarter Moon"
(1958)
"Looking Back"
(1958)
"Come Closer to Me (Acercate Mas)"
(1958)

The single's B-side, "Do I Like It?" reached number 67 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958.[2]

The song was ranked number 31 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1958.[3]

Other charting versions edit

  • Cole re-released a version of the song in 1965 which reached number 27 on the adult contemporary chart and number 123 on the U.S. pop chart.[4]
  • Joe Simon released a version of the song as a single in 1969 which reached number 42 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 70 on the U.S. pop chart.

References edit

  1. ^ "Nat King Cole, "Looking Back" Chart Positions". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Nat King Cole, "Do I Like It?" Chart Position". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Chart Toppers of 1958" Billboard December 15, 1958: 44
  4. ^ "Nat King Cole, "Looking Back" 1965 Chart Positions". Retrieved July 18, 2018.