I'm on My Way (Captain & Tennille song)

"I'm on My Way" is a 1978 song by Captain & Tennille. It is a track on their LP Dream. The single was released a month prior to the release of the LP. Songwriter Mark Safan first released his version of the song in 1976 on Warner Bros. Records.

"I'm on My Way"
Single by Captain & Tennille
from the album Dream
B-side"We Never Really Say Goodbye"
ReleasedApril 1978
GenrePop
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Mark Safan
Producer(s)Daryl Dragon
Captain & Tennille singles chronology
"Circles"
(1977)
"I'm on My Way"
(1978)
"You Never Done It Like That"
(1978)

The song became a hit in the U.S. on the Pop, Country and Adult Contemporary charts. It reached number 74 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, also made a minor showing on the Country chart. It did best on the Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at number 6 in the U.S. as well as number 13 in Canada.[1]

Record World called it "a light rockabilly tune with a seasonal hook and a good vocal by Toni."[2]

A version by Andrew Gold was included on his 1978 LP All This and Heaven Too, which was issued as a single on Asylum Records one week prior to the release of Captain & Tennille's single.

Chart history edit

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 74
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 6
U.S. Billboard Country 97
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [5] 86

References edit

  1. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-06-10. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  2. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. April 15, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1978-06-10. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  4. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 27, 1978". Archived from the original on February 14, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2018.

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