"Footsteps" | ||||
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Single by Steve Lawrence | ||||
B-side | "You Don't Know" | |||
Released | February 1960 (US); April 1960 (UK) | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 2:07 | |||
Label | ABC-Paramount (US); HMV (UK) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Barry Mann, Hank Hunter | |||
Producer(s) | Don Costa[1] | |||
Steve Lawrence singles chronology | ||||
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"Footsteps" is a hit single by the American singer and actor Steve Lawrence, recorded in January 1960 and released in spring 1960 by ABC-Paramount Records in the US and HMV in the UK. The song was written by Barry Mann and Hank Hunter.[2]
The single has Lawrence's wife, Eydie Gormé, as a backing vocalist and Don Costa's Orchestra and chorus.
In the US, it spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 7 on April 4, 1960,[3] while reaching No. 4 in the Record Retailer chart in the UK,[4][5] No. 3 in the CHUM Hit Parade in Canada,[6] and No. 9 on VG-lista in Norway.[7]
Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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Canada CHUM Hit Parade[6] | 3 |
Netherlands[8] | 16 |
Norway VG-lista[7] | 9 |
UK Record Retailer[4] | 4 |
US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 7 |
US Cash Box Top 100[9] | 9 |
US Cash Box Records Disc Jockeys Played Most[10] | 4 |
US Cash Box Top Ten Juke Box Tunes[11] | 9 |
Wallonia[12] | 29 |