You're the First, the Last, My Everything
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| “You're the First, the Last, My Everything” | |||||
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| Single by Barry White from the album Can't Get Enough |
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| Released | 1974 | ||||
| Genre | R&B, Disco | ||||
| Length | 4:33 | ||||
| Label | 20th Century Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Peter Radcliffe, Tony Sepe, Barry White | ||||
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"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" is a popular song recorded by Barry White. Written by White, Tony Sepe and Peter Radcliffe and produced by White, "You're the First, The Last, My Everything" was White's fourth top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #2; it spent a week at #1 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart. In the UK it fared even better, spending two weeks at the top in December 1974. It appeared on White 1974 album Can't Get Enough.
Radcliffe originally wrote "You're the First, The Last, My Everything" as a country song with the title "You're My First, You're My Last, My In-Between", which went unrecorded for 21 years. White recorded it as a disco song, keeping most of the structure and two-thirds of the title, but he rewrote the lyrics.
[edit] Chart positions
| Charts | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
| U.K. Singles | 1 (2 weeks) |
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| Preceded by "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas |
Billboard's Hot Soul number one single January 18, 1975 |
Succeeded by "Fire" by The Ohio Players |
| Preceded by "Gonna Make You a Star" by David Essex |
UK number one single December 11, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Lonely This Christmas" by Mud |
