Peak
20
Weeks
16
Score
2,171
Chart Year
1976
This was written by Los Angeles-based songwriter/producer David Crawford at a time when Candi Staton was being forced to endure an abusive marriage to her third husband, Tyrone Davis' former promoter. This song about marital grief was inspired by the stories that Candi told him about her difficult life with her husband. Candi Staton recalls: "We would sit down and I would tell him the horrors I was going through in the marriage I was trying to get out of. I would bring David incidents, and little did I know he was making mental notes and writing all that stuff down." (courtesy: candi-staton.com) In 1999 a re-recorded version peaked at #29 in the UK. >>
What's the sense in sharing This one and only life? Endin' up just another lost and lonely wife You'll count up the years And they will be filled with tears Love only breaks up to start over again You'll get the babies, but you won't have your man While he is busy loving every woman that he can, uh-huh Say, "I'm gonna leave" a hundred times a day It's easier said than done When you just can't break away (When you just can't break away) Oh, young hearts run free Never be hung up Hung up like my man and me My man and me Ooh, young hearts, to yourself be true Don't be no fool when love really don't love you Don't love you It's high time now just one crack at life Who wants to live in, in trouble and strife? My mind must be free To learn all I can about me, uh-huh I'm gonna love me, for the rest of my days Encourage the babies every time they say Self-preservation is what's really going on today I say, "I'm gonna turn loose" a thousand times a day But how can I turn loose When I just can't break away? (When I just can't break away) Oh, young hearts run free They'll never be hung up Hung up like my man and me You and me (ohh) Ooh, young hearts to yourself be true Don't be no fool when love really don't love you Don't love you Ohh, young hearts run free They'll never be hung up Hung up like my man and me My man and me (ohh) Ohhh, young hearts to yourself be true Don't be no fool when love really don't love you It don't love you (ohh) Ooh, young hearts run free They'll never be hung up Hung up like my man and me My man and me Oh, young hearts, to yourself be true Don't be no fool when love really don't love you Don't love you Oh, young hearts run free They'll never be hung up Hung up like my man and me
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 29, 1976 | 73 | 53 |
| 2 | Jun 5, 1976 | 60 | 66 |
| 3 | Jun 12, 1976 | 50 | 76 |
| 4 | Jun 19, 1976 | 44 | 82 |
| 5 | Jun 26, 1976 | 40 | 86 |
| 6 | Jul 3, 1976 | 37 | 89 |
| 7 | Jul 10, 1976 | 30 | 96 |
| 8 | Jul 17, 1976 | 28 | 98 |
| 9 | Jul 24, 1976 | 26 | 100 |
| 10 | Jul 31, 1976 | 24 | 102 |
| 11 | Aug 7, 1976 | 23 | 103 |
| 12 | Aug 14, 1976 | 22 | 104 |
| 13 | Aug 21, 1976 | 20 | 106 |
| 14 | Aug 28, 1976 | 35 | 91 |
| 15 | Sep 4, 1976 | 33 | 93 |
| 16 | Sep 11, 1976 | 41 | 85 |