New Looks from an Old Lover
1983 single by B. J. Thomas
| "New Looks from an Old Lover" | ||||
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| Single by B. J. Thomas | ||||
| from the album New Looks | ||||
| B-side | "You Keep the Man in Me Happy (And the Child in Me Alive)" | |||
| Released | July 9, 1983 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Red Lane, Gloria Thomas, Lathan Hudson | |||
| Producer(s) | Pete Drake | |||
| B. J. Thomas singles chronology | ||||
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"New Looks from an Old Lover" is a song recorded by American country music artist B. J. Thomas. It was released in July 1983 as the second single from the album New Looks. "New Looks from an Old Lover" was Thomas' third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1] It was Thomas' final number one hit on the U.S. charts. The song was written by Thomas' wife Gloria, along with Red Lane and Lathan Hudson.
The single was distributed on a vinyl 7-inch, 45 rpm phonograph record and is from the 1983 album New Looks, which hit number 13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, released on vinyl LP and cassette tape.[2] The song was also released on several other albums from Thomas including Wind Beneath My Wings in 1995 (CD and cassette), The Best of B.J. Thomas: New Looks and Old Fashioned Love in 2000 (CD) and as an acoustic arrangement in a duet with Etta Britt on The Living Room Sessions in 2013 (CD and digital download).[3]
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References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 343.
- ^ "New Looks". AllMusic. 1983. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
- ^ "New Looks From an Old Lover". AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
- ^ "B. J. Thomas Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "1984 Talent Almanat" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 95, no. 51. December 24, 1983. p. TA-24. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
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