"You Take My Breath Away" | ||||
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Single by Rex Smith | ||||
from the album Sooner or Later | ||||
B-side | "You're Never Too Old to Rock & Roll" | |||
Released | April 1979 | |||
Format | 7" single | |||
Genre | Soft rock | |||
Length | 3:19 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) |
Bruce Hart Stephen Lawrence |
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Producer(s) |
Charles Calello Stephen Lawrence |
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Rex Smith singles chronology | ||||
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"You Take My Breath Away" is the 1979 debut single by singer-actor Rex Smith and the first release from his third studio album Sooner or Later which is also featured in the 1979 made-for-television film of the same title starring Smith and Denise Miller. It was produced by Charles Calello and Stephen Lawrence, and written by Lawrence and Bruce Hart.
The song reached number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 for two weeks (dated on June 23) and spent two weeks at number seven on the Cash Box Top 100. The song was certified Gold. In Canada, "You Take My Breath Away" reached as high as number three.