"It's Too Late to Love Me Now" | ||||
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Single by Charly McClain | ||||
from the album Here's Charly McClain | ||||
B-side | "You Can Love It Away" | |||
Released | April 1977 | |||
Recorded | November 1976 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Genre | Country | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gene Dobbins, Rory Michael Bourke, Johnny Wilson | |||
Charly McClain singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Too Late (to Love Me Now)" | ||||
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Single by Cher | ||||
from the album Take Me Home | ||||
B-side | "Shoppin'" | |||
Released | 1979 | |||
Genre | Pop, Country | |||
Length | 3:39 | |||
Label | Casablanca | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gene Dobbins, Rory Michael Bourke, Johnny Wilson | |||
Producer(s) | Bob Esty, Ron Dante | |||
Cher singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Too Late" | ||||
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Single by Jeanne Pruett | ||||
from the album Music Row | ||||
B-side | "I Can't Feel at Home" | |||
Released | June 1980 | |||
Recorded | May 1980 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Genre | Country | |||
Label | IBC | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gene Dobbins, Rory Michael Bourke, Johnny Wilson | |||
Producer(s) | Walter Haynes | |||
Jeanne Pruett singles chronology | ||||
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"It's Too Late to Love Me Now" is a song written by Gene Dobbins, Rory Michael Bourke, and Johnny Wilson. Since its composition, the song as been covered as a single by various artists from the country and pop musical genres. It was first released as a single by country artist, Charly McClain in 1977.
"It's Too Late to Love Me Now" has also been featured on albums by various country recording artists, beginning with Dolly Parton on her 1978 release, Heartbreaker. "It's Too Late" has also been featured on albums by Lorrie Morgan, Loretta Lynn, and Dottie West.
"It's Too Late" was first released as a single by American country artist, Charly McClain. Released in April 1977, the song peaked at number eighty seven on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart. It was the third and final single from McClain's debut album, Here's Charly McClain.
The song was the first of many singles McClain would release. It would also be the first of a series of recordings McClain would make for the Epic record label in Nashville, Tennessee. She would go on to have a series of major country hits in the 1980s, including "Who's Cheatin' Who" and "Radio Heart".
In 1979, American pop artist Cher released a cover version of the song and retitled it as "It's too Late (to Love Me Now)". It was issued as the third single from her fifteenth album Take Me Home in 1979. The song was originally released as a seven- and twelve-inch single respectfully in an LP format. To date, the song is Cher's only major release to country radio.