No Lookin' Back (song) explained

No Lookin' Back
Cover:No Lookin' Back.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Michael McDonald
Album:No Lookin' Back
A-Side:No Lookin' Back
B-Side:"Don't Let Me Down" / "I Gotta Try" (UK 12" only)
Genre:Pop rock
Length:3:55
Label:Warner Bros.
Producer:
Chronology:Michael McDonald
Prev Title:Believe In It
Prev Year:1983
Next Title:Bad Times
Next Year:1985

"No Lookin' Back" is a song written by Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins and Ed Sanford. The best-known version was recorded by American recording artist Michael McDonald and is the first single from his second solo studio album, No Lookin' Back (1985).

The song was included in the soundtrack to the 1991 movie Thelma and Louise.

Track listing

  1. "No Lookin' Back"
  2. "Don't Let Me Down"
  3. "I Gotta Try"
  1. "No Lookin' Back"
  2. "Don't Let Me Down"

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]

Musicians

Chart performance

Chart (1985)Position
Billboard Hot 100[2] 34
Billboard Adult Contemporary9
Billboard Mainstream Rock4

Kenny Loggins version

"No Lookin' Back" was originally recorded by co-writer Kenny Loggins and released on his 1985 solo studio album Vox Humana, four months prior to the McDonald version.

Notes and References

  1. Book: No Lookin' Back liner notes. 1985. Warner Bros. Records.
  2. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4870/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((Michael McDonald > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))]. allmusic.com. 2010-04-24.