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"The Way It Used to Be" is a song recorded by Engelbert Humperdinck, which was released on the album Engelbert and as a single in 1969.[1][2] It is an English language adaptation of the Italian language song "Melodia",[3] which was originally released by Isabella Iannetti in 1968.[4][2]
| "The Way It Used to Be" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Engelbert Humperdinck | ||||
| from the album Engelbert | ||||
| B-side | "A Good Thing Going" | |||
| Released | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 3:09 | |||
| Label | Decca (UK) Parrot (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Music: Corrado Conti & Franco Cassano English lyrics: Roger Cook & Roger Greenaway Italian lyrics: Gianni Argenio | |||
| Producer(s) | Peter Sullivan | |||
| Engelbert Humperdinck singles chronology | ||||
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The song was a top ten hit in multiple countries, and spent 14 weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3,[5] while reaching No. 1 in Flanders[2] and Singapore,[6] No. 3 in Malaysia,[6] No. 5 in Yugoslavia,[7] No. 6 on the Irish Singles Chart,[8] No. 7 on Norway's VG-lista,[9] No. 7 in Wallonia,[10] and No. 9 in South Africa.[11] The song was a hit in other nations as well.
In the United States, the song spent 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 42,[12] while reaching No. 4 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[13][14] The song was ranked No. 26 on Billboard's year-end ranking of 1969's "Top Easy Listening Singles".[15]
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada - RPM 100[16] | 18 |
| Canada - RPM Adult contemporary[17] | 4 |
| Flanders[2] | 1 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[8] | 6 |
| Malaysia (Radio Malaysia)[6] | 3 |
| Netherlands (Parool Top 20)[18] | 19 |
| Netherlands (Veronica Top 40)[19] | 21 |
| New Zealand Listener[20] | 18 |
| Norway (VG-lista)[9] | 7 |
| Singapore (Radio Singapore)[6] | 1 |
| South Africa (Springbok Radio)[11] | 9 |
| UK Singles Chart[5] | 3 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[12] | 42 |
| US Billboard Easy Listening[14] | 4 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[21] | 26 |
| US Record World 100 Top Pops[22] | 24 |
| US Record World Top Non-Rock[23] | 4 |
| US Record World Juke Box Top 25[24] | 8 |
| Wallonia[10] | 7 |
| Yugoslavia (Novi Džuboks)[7] | 5 |
- An instrumental version was released by Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra, on his 1969 album Traces of Love.[25]
- Fredi released a Finnish language adaptation titled "Se päivä tulee kerran" in 1969, which reached No. 2 in Finland.[26]
- Jimmy Fontana released a version of "Melodia" in 1969, which bubbled under the top 50 in Wallonia.[27]
- Milyo Naryo released a Tagalog language adaptation titled "Naka-Table Na Kita".
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