Save It for a Rainy Day (Stephen Bishop song)

"Save It for a Rainy Day"
Single by Stephen Bishop
from the album Careless
B-side "Careless"
Released December 1976
Format 7"
Recorded 1976
Genre Soft rock
Label ABC Records
Writer(s) Stephen Bishop
Producer(s) Henry Lewy, Stephen Bishop
Stephen Bishop singles chronology
- "Save It for a Rainy Day"
(1976)
"On and On"
(1977)

"Save It for a Rainy Day" is a song by American singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop. The song was the first hit single from his debut album, Careless. It features Chaka Khan on backing vocals and a guitar solo by Eric Clapton.

"Save It for a Rainy Day" peaked at number 22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] and number 21 on the Cash Box Top 100. In Canada, the song peaked at number 20.[2]

The song was a bigger Adult Contemporary hit, peaking at number six in the U.S.[3] and number eight in Canada.[4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–77) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 22
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[6] 6
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[7] 21
Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] 20
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Canada[8] 158
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[9] 140

Personnel

References

  1. "Stephen Bishop - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  2. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001. Record Research. p. 33.
  4. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. "Lyrics: Daybreak by Barry Manilow". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1977-02-19. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  8. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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