Peak
1
Weeks
19
Score
3,575
Chart Year
1977
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This was written by Tony Macaulay, who co-wrote 4 other UK #1s: "Baby Now That I've Found You" for the Foundations, "Let The Heartaches Begin" for Long John Baldry, "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" for Edison Lighthouse and "Silver Lady" for David Soul. David Soul played Hutch (the blonde) on the TV cop show Starsky & Hutch. Soul was a singer before he became an actor, and recorded folk and pop singles in the early '70s without any success. In desperation he sent a photograph of himself to the top New York entertainment agency William Morris. His ploy of disguising his face with a ski mask caught their imagination and he was immediately contracted to become the Covered Man, the resident singer on the Merv Griffin TV show. After completing the first series of Starsky & Hutch, Soul released an album before teaming up with Tony Macaulay and recording this, which became his first hit single. In the US this remained his only chart entry but in the UK he achieved four more Top 20 singles including another #1 with "Silver Lady" and a #2 with "Going In With My Eyes Wide Open." Soul: (from 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh): "I made an album in San Francisco for Private Stock but there was nothing suitable for a single. The company told me that Tony Macaulay had some good tunes and he came over and played me Don't Give Up On Us and Going In With My Eyes Wide Open. Within 10 days, I had leant the songs and recorded them and Tony had mixed them and taken them back to England. They bazoomed to the top and they are 2 songs which have stood the test of time."
Don't give up on us, baby Don't make the wrong seem right The future isn't just one night It's written in the moonlight Painted on the stars We can't change ours Don't give up on us, baby We're still worth one more try I know we put a last one by Just for a rainy evening When maybe stars are few Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through I really lost my head last night You've got a right to start believin' There's still a little love left, even so Don't give up on us, baby Lord knows we've come this far Can't we stay the way we are? The angel and the dreamer Who sometimes plays a fool Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through It's written in the moonlight and painted on the stars We can't change ours Don't give up on us, baby We're still worth one more try I know we put a last one by Just for a rainy evening When maybe stars are few Don't give up on us, I know We can still come through Don't give up on us, baby Don't give up on us, baby
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 29, 1977 | 74 | 52 |
| 2 | Feb 5, 1977 | 60 | 66 |
| 3 | Feb 12, 1977 | 46 | 80 |
| 4 | Feb 19, 1977 | 31 | 95 |
| 5 | Feb 26, 1977 | 27 | 99 |
| 6 | Mar 5, 1977 | 23 | 103 |
| 7 | Mar 12, 1977 | 17 | 109 |
| 8 | Mar 19, 1977 | 8 | 118 |
| 9 | Mar 26, 1977 | 4 | 122 |
| 10 | Apr 2, 1977 | 3 | 123 |
| 11 | Apr 9, 1977 | 2 | 124 |
| 12 | Apr 16, 1977 | 1 | 125 |
| 13 | Apr 23, 1977 | 4 | 122 |
| 14 | Apr 30, 1977 | 6 | 120 |
| 15 | May 7, 1977 | 16 | 110 |
| 16 | May 14, 1977 | 31 | 95 |
| 17 | May 21, 1977 | 47 | 79 |
| 18 | May 28, 1977 | 60 | 66 |
| 19 | Jun 4, 1977 | 68 | 58 |