"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is the 1972 follow-up single of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose to their debut hit "Treat Her Like a Lady". The single had previously been released in 1970 on the Platinum label.
| "Too Late to Turn Back Now" | ||||
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 Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | ||||
| from the album Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | ||||
| B-side | "Lift Your Love Higher" | |||
| Released | May 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Genre | Soul[1] | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | United Artists UA 50910 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eddie Cornelius | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Archibald[2] | |||
| Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose singles chronology | ||||
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Written by Eddie Cornelius, the song had great success upon its re-release, peaking at number 5 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers).[3] "Too Late to Turn Back Now" went to No. 1 on Cash Box's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972.[4]
"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is ranked as the 34th biggest U.S. hit of 1972. The record was awarded a gold disc on 2 August 1972 for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5][6]
The song was featured in the 1997 film The Ice Storm, the 2018 film BlacKkKlansman and episode 5 of the Amazon Prime Video series Daisy Jones & The Six.
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- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Walking in Rhythm: Seventies Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 60. ISBN 031214704X.
- ^ "Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Too Late To Turn Back Now / Lift Your Love Higher". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
- ^ a b CASH BOX Top 100 Singles - Week ending JULY 29, 1972
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 133. ISBN 0-89820-122-5.
- ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 291 and 310. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ "Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 59.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
- ^ "Canadian TOP 100 singles of 1972". Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2013.