Now and Forever (You and Me)

"Now and Forever (You and Me)" is a 1986 song written by David Foster, Randy Goodrum and Jim Vallance and recorded by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was aided by a popular music video, filmed in Toronto. The back-up vocal was sung by Richard Page, lead singer for the pop group Mr. Mister. It was released in January 1986 as the first single from her twentieth studio album Something to Talk About.

"Now and Forever (You and Me)"
Single by Anne Murray
from the album Something to Talk About
B-side	"I Don't Wanna Spend Another Night Without You"
Released	January 1986
Genre	Country, pop[1]
Length	4:14
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	David Foster Randy Goodrum Jim Vallance
Producer(s)	David Foster
Anne Murray singles chronology
"I Don't Think I'm Ready for You" (1985) "Now and Forever (You and Me)" (1986) "Who's Leaving Who" (1986)

The song was Murray's tenth and final number one hit on the U.S. Country singles chart and spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 92 (Murray's final song to cross over to that chart). It remained for a total of nineteen weeks on the Billboard Country chart.^[2] The song was the last number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts by a non-American until fellow Canadian Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine" reached number one in 1995.

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3]	1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks [4]	2
Canadian RPM Top Singles[5]	12
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7]	7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8]	92

Notable appearances

• This song played during the closing credits of the episode of the American daytime soap opera All My Children on 24 March 1986.
• The song was used for the Sophia and C.C. characters on the American serial Santa Barbara.^[9]

References

1. "Anne Murray Going Pop Again After Six Years" (PDF). Billboard. February 15, 1986.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 243.
3. "RPM Country Tracks for May 3, 1986". RPM. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
4. "RPM Adult Contemporary for March 15, 1986". RPM. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
5. "RPM Top Singles for March 29, 1986". RPM. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
6. "Anne Murray Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
7. "Anne Murray Adult Contemporary Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
8. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
9. "Santa Barbara".