Can't Get By Without You
"Can't Get By Without You" | ||||
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Single by The Real Thing | ||||
from the album Real Thing | ||||
A-side | "Can't Get By Without You" | |||
B-side | "(He's Just A) Moneymaker" | |||
Released | 27 August 1976 (1976-08-27) | |||
Genre | Disco, soul | |||
Length | 3:24 | |||
Label | Pye Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Ken Gold and Mickey Denne | |||
Producer(s) | Ken Gold for Tony Hall Productions | |||
The Real Thing singles chronology | ||||
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"Can't Get By Without You" was a hit for British soul group The Real Thing in 1976. It was the follow-up to their smash hit "You to Me Are Everything".
Background
The song was written by Ken Gold and Mickey Denne and released on Pye 7N 45618. The B side, "(He's Just A) Moneymaker", was written by Chris and Eddie Amoo.[1] The song had a similar feel to the group's previous hit, but still reached no. 2 in the UK charts, kept from no. 1 by ABBA's "Dancing Queen". "Can't Get By Without You" did not make any real chart impression in the US.[2] On the week ending 16 October 1976, in the UK charts the song had dropped down a notch from no. 2 to no. 3.[3]
In 1986, a remixed version of the song "Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)", backed by "She's A Groovy Freak", was released on the PRT label.[4]