After the Lovin': Difference between revisions

| album = [[After the Lovin' (album)|After the Lovin']]

| writer = Alan
| Bernstein,composer = [[Ritchie Adams]]

| producerlyricist = [[JoelAlan Bernstein Diamond]]

"'''After the Lovin''''" is a [[single (music)|single]] performed by [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], Producedproduced by [[Joel Diamond]] forand Silver[[Charles BlueCalello|Charlie ProductionsCalello]], and composed by [[Ritchie Adams]] with lyrics by [[Alan Bernstein (lyricist)|Alan Bernstein]]. The single was a U.S. top-ten hit in late 1976/early 1977, reaching number eight on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number five on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://50cashboxmagazine.6.195.142com/archives/70s_files/19770115.html |title=ArchivedTop copy100 |accessdate=20151977-1001-1715 |deadurlwork=yes[[Cashbox (magazine)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423063708/http://50.6.195.142/archives/70s_files/19770115.htmlCashbox Magazine]] |archivedateaccessdate=20162015-0410-23 |df=17 }}</ref> It became a [[RIAA]] [[Music recording sales certification|gold record]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Humperdinck&format=SINGLE&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=10 |title = RIAA - Recording Industry Association of America |website = [[Recording Industry Association of America]] |archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20120713143517/http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Humperdinck&format=SINGLE&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2010&sort=Artist&perPage=10] {{dead link|archive-date=April13 2017July 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is ranked as the 61st biggest U.S. hit of 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1977.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref> The song also reached number 40 on the country singles chart (which, despite spending much of his early career recording country songs, was his first appearance in the country top 40 charts) and spent two weeks atop the [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|easy listening chart]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlinkauthor-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=120}}</ref> It was Humperdinck's final Top 40 ''Billboard'' hit.

"After the Lovin'" reached number seven on the Canadian chart ranking 80th for the year 1977. It hit number one on Canada's Adult Contemporary list.<ref name="bac-lac1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5134&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5134.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5134 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref>

!align="left"|Chart (1976–771976–1977)

|[[ARIA Charts|Australia]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo%3Dviewthread%26id%3D35092 |title=ArchivedAustralian-charts.com copy- Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |accessdate=2015-11-03 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archivedate=2016-06-02 |df= }}</ref>

|U.S. ''[[Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19770115.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 15, 1977 |access-date=February 12, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085814/https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19770115.html |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |dead-url-status=yesdead }}</ref>

|Australia <ref name="australian-charts.com">{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |title=Forum - Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts - 1980s (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-11 |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134948/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=40275 |archivedate=2014-10-06 |df= }}</ref>

|Canada ''RPM'' Top Singles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5502a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5502a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5502a |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= 17 July 2013|accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref>

|New Zealand <ref name="nztop1"/>

|U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1977.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977 |publisher=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref>

|U.S. ''Billboard'' Adult Contemporary <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k0UEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover |title=Billboard |page=Front cover |website=Books.google.com |date=1977-12-24 |accessdate=2016-10-11}}</ref>

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[[Barbara Mandrell]] covered "After the Lovin'" on her 1977 LP, ''[[Lovers, Friends and Strangers]]''. It was nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Country Vocal Performance, Female, in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barbara Mandrell |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/barbara-mandrell/15274 |website=Grammy.com |publisher=Recording Academy |accessdate=August 20, 2020 |language=en |date=May 19, 2020}}</ref>