(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again explained

(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again
Cover:	(Every_Time_I_Turn_Around)_Back_in_Love_Again_-_L.T.D.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	L.T.D.
Album:	Something to Love
B-Side:	Material Things
Released:	November 1977
Recorded:	1977
Genre:	R&B, funk, disco
Length:	8:37 (12" extended version) 4:44 (LP version) 3:40 (7" version)
Label:	A&M Records
Producer:	Bobby Martin
Prev Title:	Love to the World
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Never Get Enough of Your Love
Next Year:	1978

"(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" is a hit song written by Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey for R&B/funk band L.T.D. Released from their Something To Love album, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in the fall of 1977. It became a gold record. Jeffrey Osborne is the lead singer.

"Back in Love Again" was their biggest pop hit, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.^[1] The single also reached number 19 on the disco charts.^[2] The song was also a major hit on the Canadian pop charts, where it spent two weeks at number two.^[3]

Personnel

• Jeffrey Osborne - Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Percussion
• Billy Osborne - Organ, Percussion, Backing Vocals
• Jimmie Davis - Clavinet, Electric Piano, Piano, Backing Vocals
• Henry Davis - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Bernorce Blackman, John McGhee - Guitar
• Carle Vickers - Flute, Flugelhorn, Soprano Saxophone, Trumpet
• Abraham "Onion" Miller - Tenor Saxophone, Backing Vocals
• Lorenzo Carnegie - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
• Jake Riley - Trombone
• Melvin Webb - Drums
• Lorraine Johnson - Backing Vocals

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	85
Belgium ^[4]	18
Canada RPM Top Singles	2
Netherlands	15
New Zealand (Listener)^[5]	18
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[6]	4
U.S. Billboard R&B	1
U.S. Billboard Disco/Dance	19
U.S. Cash Box Top 100^[7]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1978)	Rank
Canada ^[9]	70
Netherlands ^[10]	68
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[11]	57
U.S. Cash Box ^[12]	69

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 364.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 161.
3. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1978-01-28 . 2018-12-21.
4. Web site: L.T.D. - (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again.
5. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search rianz. www.flavourofnz.co.nz.
6. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
7. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 21, 1978 . December 21, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150227022323/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19780121.html . February 27, 2015 . dead .
8. Web site: Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 11, December 31 1977 . . 17 July 2013 . . December 28, 2017.
9. Web site: Top 200 Singles of '78 – Volume 30, No. 14, December 30 1978 . . 17 July 2013 . . February 9, 2018.
10. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. dutchcharts.nl.
11. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978.. www.musicoutfitters.com.
12. Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 30, 1978 . December 21, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929211008/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1978YESP.html . September 29, 2018 . dead .