Footsteps (Steve Lawrence song) explained

"Footsteps" is a hit single by the American singer and actor Steve Lawrence, recorded in January 1960 and released in spring 1960 by ABC-Paramount Records in the US and HMV in the UK. The song was written by Barry Mann and Hank Hunter.^[2]

The single has Lawrence's wife, Eydie Gormé, as a backing vocalist and Don Costa's Orchestra and chorus.

Charts

In the US, it spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 7 on April 4, 1960,^[3] while reaching No. 4 in the Record Retailer chart in the UK,^[4] ^[5] No. 3 in the CHUM Hit Parade in Canada,^[6] and No. 9 on VG-lista in Norway.

Chart (1960)	Peak position
Canada CHUM Hit Parade	3
Netherlands^[7]	16
Norway VG-lista^[8]	9
UK Record Retailer	4
US Billboard Hot 100	7
US Cash Box Top 100^[9]	9
US Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most^[10]	4
US Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes^[11]	9
Wallonia^[12]	29

Barry Mann sang this song on his 1961 Who Put The Bomp album.
It was also a hit for Ronnie Carroll in 1960, peaking at No. 36 in the UK.^[13]
Showaddywaddy released their version of the song in 1981, peaking at No. 31 in the UK.^[14]

"Announcing Don Costa Productions, Inc.", Billboard, October 19, 1961. p. 9. Accessed December 17, 2015.
Web site: Steve Lawrence - Footsteps / You Don't Know - ABC-Paramount - USA - 45-10085 . 45cat. 1960-02-15 . 2016-09-26.
https://www.billboard.com/artist/steve-lawrence/chart-history/hsi/ Hot 100 - Steve Lawrence Footsteps Chart History
http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/8369/steve-lawrence/ Steve Lawrence - Full Official Chart History
Book: Murrells, Joseph. 1978. The Book of Golden Discs. 2nd. Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. London. 147. 0-214-20512-6. registration.
Web site: CHUM Charts – Chart No. 156. April 2, 2018 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061107221218/http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=156 . . November 7, 2006 . April 25, 1960.
http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Steve+Lawrence&titel=Footsteps&cat=s Steve Lawrence - Footsteps
http://www.norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Steve+Lawrence&titel=Footsteps&cat=s Steve Lawrence - Footsteps
"The Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, April 30, 1960. p. 4. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
"The Records Disc Jockeys Played Most", Cash Box, April 30, 1960. p. 18. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
"The Nation's Top Ten Juke Box Tunes", Cash Box, May 7, 1960. p. 30. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/45c41/Steve-Lawrence-Footsteps Steve Lawrence - Footsteps
Web site: officialcharts.com. Official Charts Co. August 16, 2022.
Web site: officialcharts.com. Official Charts Co. August 16, 2022.