Happy 35th to I Won't Last a Day Without You!

[iluvkc1]

It was on this date in 1974 that this Gold Record peaked at #11 on Billboard!

[cinscorp]

Considering that "A Song For You" was released in '72 and yielded 3 hit singles prior to "Now & Then". Then after "Now & Then" was released and produced 2 top 10 singles, they went back to "A Song For You" for a retooled "Top of the World" and hit #1 with it. I think 2 years after the original release, reaching #11 with the slightly revamped "I Won't Last A Day Without You" should have been regarded as a huge success.

[Rick Henry]

"I Won't Last A Day Without You" is a fine song with two anniversary dates. As mentioned by Cinscorp it first came out in 1972 (exact date June 13, 1972) on the album "A Song For You". The song is 37 years old. It was released as a single on March 25, 1974 almost two years after it's debut to the public.

The song was the fifth single from the album "A Song For You" and the sixth song to chart on the Top 100 Singles chart ("Bless The Beasts And Children" charted at #67 as the b-side of "Superstar"). By the time "I Won't Last A Day Without You" was released as a single the album "A Song For You" had already sold over 2 million U.S. copies (to date it's sold close to 4 million copies in the U.S. alone). The fact that "I Won't Last A Day Without You" reached #11 was quite an accomplishment.

I've always thought that had the song been released as a single in 1972 it most likely would have reached the Top Five. I think they should have released it instead of "It's Going To Take Sometime"... although, I love that song also.

Extra guitar parts were added to "I Won't Last a Day Without You" when it was released as a single. There are other minor differences between the album version and the single version.

iluvukc1 (Johnny)... your facts are a bit wrong in that "I Won't Last A Day Without You" was not certified a gold record.