Too Late to Turn Back Now (song) explained

Too Late to Turn Back Now
Type:single
Artist:Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
Album:Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
B-Side:Lift Your Love Higher
Released:May 1972
Recorded:1970
Genre:Soul[1]
Length:3:18
Label:United Artists
UA 50910
Producer:Bob Archibald[2]

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is the 1972 follow-up single of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose to their debut hit "Treat Her Like a Lady". The single had previously been released in 1970 on the Platinum label.

Written by Eddie Cornelius, the song had great success upon its re-release, peaking at number 5 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers).[3] "Too Late to Turn Back Now" went to No. 1 on Cash Box's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972.[4]

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is ranked as the 34th biggest U.S. hit of 1972. The record was awarded a gold disc on 2 August 1972 for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5] [6]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Australia 15
Canada RPM Top Singles[7] 1
New Zealand (Listener) [8] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 2
U.S. R&B Singles[10] 5
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[11] 6
U.S. Cashbox Top 1001

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 34
Canada[13] 61

In Popular Culture

The song was featured in the 1997 film The Ice Storm, the 2018 film BlacKkKlansman and episode 5 of the Amazon Prime Video series Daisy Jones & The Six.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. Don. Breithaupt. Jeff. Breithaupt. October 15, 1996. Walking in Rhythm: Seventies Soul. 60. St. Martin's Griffin. 031214704X.
  2. Web site: Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Too Late To Turn Back Now / Lift Your Love Higher . Discogs . 1972 . 2018-12-20.
  3. The Hot 100 Chart. Billboard.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080120001047/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19720729.html CASH BOX Top 100 Singles - Week ending JULY 29, 1972
  5. Book: Whitburn , Joel . 1997. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Record Research Inc. Menomonee Falls, WI. 0-89820-122-5. 133.
  6. Book: Murrells , Joseph . 1978. The Book of Golden Discs. 2nd. Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. London. 291 and 310. 0-214-20512-6. registration.
  7. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 2016-10-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313125611/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.7662&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=5uq6bucj1luhsin24q470jnkm1 . 2016-03-13 .
  8. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener . Flavourofnz.co.nz . 2016-10-07.
  9. Web site: Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more . Top40db.net . 2016-10-07.
  10. Web site: Too Late to Turn Back Now (song by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose). Music VF.com. 23 November 2024.
  11. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn . 1993 . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993 . Record Research . 59.

  12. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972 . Musicoutfitters.com . 2016-10-07.
  13. Web site: Canadian TOP 100 singles of 1972. July 12, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110916052852/http://www.musicandyears.com/year/1972 . September 16, 2011 .

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