This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: – ( October 2016) 'Ready to Take a Chance Again'byfrom the album soundtrack'Sweet Life'ReleasedSeptember 1978,Length3: 01,Barry Manilow,singles chronology'(1978)' Ready to Take a Chance Again'(1978)'(1979)' Ready to Take a Chance Again' is a 1978 international hit single performed.
Foul Play (1978) Soundtracks. Soundtrack Credits. Ready To Take A Chance Again Music by Charles Fox Lyrics by Norman Gimbel Recording created by Barry Manilow and Ron Dante Sung by Barry Manilow. Copacabana (At The Copa) Written by Jack Feldman, Bruce Sussman, and Barry Manilow.
The song was composed by, with lyrics by Fox's writing partner,. Manilow conceived and supervised the song's recording in partnership with.It is the theme song of the movie, starring. It is one of two Manilow songs featured in that movie, the other being '.The song recounts the experience of a despairing man who has been hurt by love and therefore has retreated into the safety of an emotional shell. His life then continues on a flat but even keel until he meets someone who causes him to consider taking a chance with love again.Both the 45 RPM single and the track on Manilow's hit collections are monaural, despite being labeled otherwise. The only source for this song in true stereo is the original Foul Play soundtrack. Contents.Reception On September 10, 1978, 'Ready to Take a Chance Again' entered the U.S. Chart at position number 70; and on November 12, 1978 it peaked at number 11 (for two weeks).
It spent 15 weeks on the chart. It reached number 5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.
On the chart, the song spent two weeks at number seven. In Canada, the song peaked at number four for two weeks.' Ready to Take a Chance Again' was nominated for Best Song at the 1978 Academy Awards. It lost, however, to 's ' from the movie,.In Germany, 'Ready to Take a Chance Again' was backed with the re-release of ',' which had been only a minor hit on its prior release.Chart performance. Archived from on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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Album was composed by and was released on December 31, 1977. Soundtrack consists of 12 tracks tracks with duration over about 35 minutes. Album was released by.CD 1 1Ready to Take a Chance Again Barry Manilow03:062Help Charles Fox01:303Beware of the Dwarf Charles Fox02:444Love Theme - Instrumental (Ready to Take a Chance Again) Charles Fox03:495Copacabana (At the Copa) Barry Manilow03:556Gloria Falls for the Trap Charles Fox02:197Foul Play Disco Charles Fox03:218Scarface Charles Fox02:479Gloria Escapes Charles Fox01:2410Houseboat (Love Song) Charles Fox01:2711Get Me to the Opera On Time Charles Fox03:0212End Title (Ready to Take a Chance Again) Barry Manilow02:10.