Looking Back (Nat King Cole song)

"Looking Back"
Single by Nat King Cole
B-side"Do I Like It?"
Released1958 (1958)
GenreEasy listening
Length2:10
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis
Nat King Cole singles chronology
"Night of the Quarter Moon"
(1958)
"Looking Back"
(1958)
"Come Closer to Me (Acercate Mas)"
(1958)

"Looking Back" is a song written by Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, and Clyde Otis and performed by Nat King Cole. It reached number 2 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 5 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958.[1]

The single's B-side, "Do I Like It?" reached number 67 on the U.S. pop chart in 1958.[2]

The song was ranked number 31 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1958.[3]

Other charting versions

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  • Cole re-released a version of the song in 1965 which reached number 27 on the adult contemporary chart and number 123 on the U.S. pop chart.[4]
  • Joe Simon released a version of the song as a single in 1969 which reached number 42 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 70 on the U.S. pop chart.

References

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  1. ^ "Nat King Cole, "Looking Back" Chart Positions". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Nat King Cole, "Do I Like It?" Chart Position". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Chart Toppers of 1958" Billboard December 15, 1958: 44
  4. ^ "Nat King Cole, "Looking Back" 1965 Chart Positions". Retrieved July 18, 2018.