On and On (Stephen Bishop song) explained

On and On
Type:	single
Artist:	Stephen Bishop
Album:	Careless
B-Side:	Little Italy
Released:	May 1977
Recorded:	1976
Genre:	Soft rock^[1] pop^[2]
Length:	3:00
Label:	ABC Records
Producer:	Henry Lewy, Stephen Bishop
Prev Title:	Save It for a Rainy Day
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Never Letting Go
Next Year:	1977

"On and On" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop. The song, from his debut album Careless, became a major hit, peaking at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spending 28 weeks on the chart.^[3] In Canada, the song peaked at number 6.^[4]

On the U.S. Easy Listening chart, "On and On" peaked at number two.^[5] It reached number three on the corresponding Canadian chart.

Despite failing to crack the top ten, it was the 30th ranked single on the Billboard magazine year-end chart for 1977 as a result of its almost seven-month chart run.^[6]

Personnel

Stephen Bishop – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
John Barlow Jarvis – electric piano
Andrew Gold – electric guitar
Michael Staton – steel guitar
Mac Cridlin – bass
Larry Brown – drums
Victor Feldman – percussion, vibraphone, marimba

Track listing

US 7" single

A. "On and On" - 3:00

B. "Little Italy" - 3:35

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australia	66
Canadian RPM Top Singles	6
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary^[7]	3
New Zealand^[8]	29
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	11
	2
U.S. Cashbox Top 100^[9]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles^[10]	71
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 ^[11]	30
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary ^[12]
U.S. Cash Box ^[13]	28

Cover versions

Kenny Rankin covered "On and On" in 1977. His version charted concurrently with Stephen Bishop's original, reaching No. 110 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under chart.
British reggae group Aswad took their version of the song to No. 25 in the UK in August 1989.^[14]

External links

Lyrics of this song

Notes and References

Web site: Tom . Breihan . The Number Ones: Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin’s "Separate Lives. . November 11, 2020 . August 6, 2023. Bishop’s highest-charting single, the sleepy 1977 soft-rocker “On And On,” peaked at #11..
Book: Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. July 17, 2000. The Six Million Dollar Tan: West Coast Pop. 46. St. Martin's Griffin. 978-0-312-19821-3.
Web site: Stephen Bishop - Chart history . Billboard . March 27, 2014.
Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 12, 2016.
Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 33.
Web site: Billboard Top 100 - 1977 - Longbored Surfer - Charts. January 26, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100126050123/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1977.php. June 7, 2021. January 26, 2010.
Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . October 12, 2016.
Web site: NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . October 30, 1977 . October 12, 2016.
Web site: Cash Box Top 100 10/01/77. Cashboxmagazine.com.
Web site: Obsolete song title page . Tsort.info . October 12, 2016.
Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977 . Musicoutfitters.com . October 12, 2016.
Book: Billboard . Front cover . December 24, 1977 . October 12, 2016.
Web site: Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1977. Cashboxmagazine.com.
Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. August 2, 2022.