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Don't Give Up on Us (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Don't Give Up on Us
| cover = David Soul - Don't Give Up On Us single cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = David Soul
| album = David Soul (only later editions)
| B-side = "Black Bean Soup"
| released = 1976 (UK)
January 1977 (U.S.)
| recorded = 1976
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Soft rock
| length = 3:32
| label = Private Stock
| writer = Tony Macaulay
| producer = Tony Macaulay
| prev_title = The Train
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Going in with My Eyes Open
| next_year = 1977
| misc =
}}
"'Don't Give Up on Us'" is a song by American-British singer David Soul. Riding high on the success of his role in the hit TV show 'Starsky and Hutch', Soul returned to singing, which had been one of his early career choices. His debut, the Tony Macaulay-written-and-produced "Don't Give Up on Us" was a worldwide smash, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January and February 1977, and a single week at No. 1 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 in April 1977. In addition, the song spent one week at No. 1 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart. It has sold 1.16 million copies in the UK.
Its B-side, "Black Bean Soup", with lyrics by actor Gardner McKay, is a duet with actress Lynne Marta, whom Soul was involved with at the time.
"Don't Give Up on Us" was rated No. 93 in VH1's '100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders' because, despite having more hits in the UK, Soul was never again able to reach the top 40 in the US. Soul recorded a new version of the song in 2004, allegedly after being embarrassed when hearing it by chance in an elevator as sung by Owen Wilson in the film version of 'Starsky and Hutch'. The film soundtrack included a cover of the song by Wilson and Neal Casal.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Cover versions
Irish singer Darren Holden covered "Don't Give Up on Us" in 1997, reaching No. 23 in Ireland.
The song is popular in the Philippines and has been covered by Zsa Zsa Padilla, Kuh Ledesma, Jimmy Bondoc, Marion Aunor, JM de Guzman and Piolo Pascual for the soundtrack of the 2006 film of the same title.
In popular culture
Owen Wilson (playing Hutch, originally Soul's character) sang the song during a scene in the film version of 'Starsky and Hutch'. The song was also used in the film 'Johnny English Reborn' (2011).
See also
* List of 1970s one-hit wonders in the United States
References
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