Too Late to Turn Back Now (song)

"Too Late to Turn Back Now"
Single by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
from the album Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
B-side "Lift Your Love Higher"
Released May 1972
Format Vinyl record
Recorded 1970
Genre R&B
Label United Artists
UA 50910
Writer(s) Eddie Cornelius
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose singles chronology
"Treat Her Like a Lady"
(1971)		 "Too Late to Turn Back Now"
(1972)		 "Don't Ever Be Lonely"
(1973)

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is the 1972 follow-up single of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose to their debut hit "Treat Her Like a Lady". The single had previously been released in 1970 on the Platinum label.

Written by Eddie Cornelius, the song had great success upon its re-release, peaking at #5 in the U.S. R&B, #2 in the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 in Cash Box's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972.[1]

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is ranked as the 34th biggest U.S. hit of 1972. The record was awarded a gold disc on 2 August 1972 for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[2]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Canada [3] 1
New Zealand (Listener) [4] 20
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5] 2
U.S. R&B 5
U.S. Cashbox Top 100 [6] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1972) Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 34
Canada [8] 61

Chart run

Billboard Hot 100[9] (14 weeks, entered May 27): Reached #2 in July (2 weeks)

Cashbox Top 100[10] (15 weeks, entered May 20): 87, 69, 59, 36, 15, 10, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 5, 12, 24, 71

References

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  2. ↑ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 291 and 310. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  3. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  4. ↑ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more". Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 130.
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