| You and Me | |
| Cover: | Alice Cooper - You and Me single cover.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Alice Cooper |
| Album: | Lace and Whiskey |
| B-Side: | It's Hot Tonight |
| Released: | April 1977 (US)[1]
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| Genre: | Soft rock |
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| Label: | Warner Bros. Records |
| Producer: | Bob Ezrin |
| Prev Title: | I Never Cry |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Next Title: | (No More) Love at Your Convenience |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
"You and Me" is a song by Alice Cooper, released in 1977 as the lead single from his album Lace and Whiskey. The song is a soft rock ballad, reaching number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the Cash Box Top 100 in the summer of 1977. The song reached number three in Canada and number two in Australia, where it is ranked as the 13th biggest hit of 1977.
The song turned out to be Cooper's last US top-ten hit until "Poison" twelve years later.
Cooper regularly performed "You and Me" live on his 1977 and 1978 concert tours. He also performed the song on The Muppet Show in 1978,[3] as a duet with a female monster who turned out to be Miss Piggy.
| Chart (1977) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 2 | |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles [4] | 3 | |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[5] | 12 | |
| France (IFOP)[6] | 45 | |
| New Zealand (RIANZ) | 21 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 9 | |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] | 23 | |
| U.S. Cashbox Top 100 | 8 |
| Chart (1977) | Rank | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 13 | |
| Canada | 47 | |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 48 | |
| U.S. Cash Box [9] | 25 |
. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 192.