Looks Like We Made It

"Looks Like We Made It" is a song by American singer Barry Manilow, from his 1976 album This One's for You, composed by Richard Kerr with lyrics by Will Jennings. The single was released April 20, 1977.

"Looks Like We Made It"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album This One's For You
B-side	"New York City Rhythm (Live)"
Released	April 20, 1977
Genre	Soft rock[1]
Length	3:33
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	Richard Kerr and Will Jennings
Producer(s)	Ron Dante
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Weekend in New England" (1976) "Looks Like We Made It" (1977) "Daybreak" (1977)

Overview

The song was first released in 1976 on his album This One's for You, and was issued as a single in 1977 where it reached the number one spot on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. It is ranked as the 37th greatest U.S. hit of 1977. It became his third of five gold records.

Despite the optimism suggested by the song's title, the narrator is actually ruminating on the fact that he and his ex-lover have finally found happiness and fulfillment—though not with each other. They have, indeed, "made it," but apart, not together.^[2] Songwriter Will Jennings commented,

Richard [Kerr] and I have often remarked on the people, millions of them in the world, who misunderstood the lyric of "Looks Like We Made It." It is a rather sad and ironic lyric about making it apart and not together, and of course everyone thinks it is a full on, positive statement. I don't know. Perhaps it is... in a way.^[3]

Reception

Cash Box called it "a stately ballad with a sad story," saying that it "reverberates with a gargantuan choir that pushes to a towering, dynamic finale."^[4]

The song was featured in the Friends episode The One After The Super Bowl. The song was also used in a 2012 Chevrolet Super Bowl commercial.^[5]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1977) Peak position Australia (ARIA)[6] 91 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[7] 8 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[8] 1 US Billboard Hot 100[9] 1 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[10] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 37 U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[12] 7 Canada (RPM) Top Singles[13] 81

Track listing

• 7" AS 0244

1. "Looks Like We Made It" – 3:33
2. "New York City Rhythm (Live)"

Other recordings

• Facts of Life on their 1977 album Sometimes
• Christopher Wheat on his 2013 album Breaking the Waves

See also

• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1977 (U.S.)
• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1977 (U.S.)
• the opening line to Shania Twain's You’re Still the One

References

1. Kuge, Mara (7 February 2019). "14 Secretly Cruel Soft Rock Love Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
2. "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. April 30, 1977. p. 102. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
3. Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits. Billboard Books. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8230-7693-2.
4. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 30, 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
5. "Chevy Silverado 2012 Super Bowl Commercial, 2012". iSpotTV. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
6. "{{{artist}}} – {{{song}}}". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
7. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3682a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
8. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 3676." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
9. "Barry Manilow Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
10. "Barry Manilow Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
11. "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
12. Billboard. 1977-12-24. p. Front cover. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
13. "Top 200 singles of 1977". RPM. 17 July 2013.

External links

• Barry Manilow - Looks Like We Made It on YouTube