No Lookin' Back (song)

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"No Lookin' Back"
Single by Michael McDonald
from the album No Lookin' Back
A-side"No Lookin' Back"
B-side"Don't Let Me Down" / "I Gotta Try" (UK 12" only)
Released1985 (1985)
GenrePop rock
Length3:55
LabelWarner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Michael McDonald singles chronology
"Believe In It"
(1983)
"No Lookin' Back"
(1985)
"Bad Times"
(1985)
Music video
"No Lookin' Back" on YouTube

"No Lookin' Back" is a song written by Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins and Ed Sanford. The best-known version was recorded by American recording artist Michael McDonald and is the first single from his second solo studio album, No Lookin' Back (1985).

Track listing[edit]

  • 12" Single (Warner Bros. W 8960 T)
  1. "No Lookin' Back"
  2. "Don't Let Me Down"
  3. "I Gotta Try"
  • 7" Single (Warner Bros. 928 960-7)
  1. "No Lookin' Back"
  2. "Don't Let Me Down"

Personnel[edit]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]

Musicians

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1985) Position
Billboard Hot 100[2] 34
Billboard Adult Contemporary[2] 9
Billboard Mainstream Rock[2] 4

Kenny Loggins version[edit]

"No Lookin' Back" was originally recorded by co-writer Kenny Loggins and released on his 1985 solo studio album Vox Humana, four months prior to the McDonald version.

References[edit]

  1. ^ No Lookin' Back liner notes. Warner Bros. Records. 1985.
  2. ^ a b c "allmusic ((( Michael McDonald > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

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