After All (Cher and Peter Cetera song)

The single peaked at number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{Cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-05-13 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs {{!}} Billboard Hot 100 Chart for week of May 13, 1989 |newspaper=Billboard |access-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128122156/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1989-05-13 |archive-date=January 28, 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299062/cher/chart|title=Cher – Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-19}} and at No. 5 in Canada. It also managed to enter some European charts, including Ireland, where it peaked at No. 24, and the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 84.

"After All" also became Cher's first solo number one hit on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States. Her earlier number one was in 1971 when Sonny & Cher's "All I Ever Need Is You" spent five weeks at the top.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=54}} In a 2014 article in Billboard, writer Keith Caulfield listed "After All" as Cher's ninth biggest chart hit.{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1563030/cher-birthday-billboard-hits|title=Cher's 20 Biggest Billboard Hits|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=May 20, 2014|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=January 16, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105221030/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/1563030/cher-birthday-billboard-hits|archive-date=January 5, 2017}} The song was ranked number 79 on US Billboard Year-end Hot 100 singles of 1989.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200725002905/http://www.godadida.com/1989] The song found strong success stateside, but no video was ever made to further promote it. It was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=CHER+&+PETER+CETERA&ti=AFTER+ALL|title=Gold & Platinum – RIAA|newspaper=RIAA|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-19}} {{as of|2011|November}}, Billboard reported the digital sales of "After All" to be 226,000 in the US.{{cite web|title=Ask Billboard: Cher Information, Yes?|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/465290/ask-billboard-twice-is-nice-twice-for-adele?page=0%2C1|publisher=Billboard|date=2011-11-05|access-date=2012-03-11}}

At the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990, the song was performed by James Ingram and Melissa Manchester.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-25-ca-174-story.html|title=Calendar Goes To the OSCARS : If You Watch, They Will Appear|date=March 25, 1990|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 22, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}

Cher and Cetera have never performed the song together live. Cher performed a solo version of the song during her Heart of Stone and Love Hurts tours. She then performed it with her keyboardist/musical director, Paul Mirkovich, for her Believe and Farewell tours. She also performed it in her residencies Cher at the Colosseum and Classic Cher, as well as during her Here We Go Again Tour. The latter performances would accompany a video montage of Cher in film, which would start before the song begins.

Since the early 2000s, Peter Cetera has been performing "After All" during his live performances as a duet with female backing vocalists including Kim Keyes,{{Cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/515039485/After-slow-start-Cetera-hits-his-stride.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218224719/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/515039485/After-slow-start-Cetera-hits-his-stride.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2017|title=Concert review: After slow start, Cetera hits his stride|last=Iwasaki|first=Scott|date=2003-10-19|newspaper=DeseretNews.com|language=en|access-date=2017-01-18}} Jamelle Fraley,{{Cite news|url=http://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/music-stage/article/Cetera-shows-he-s-still-got-it-at-the-Majestic-6513031.php|title=Review: Cetera shows he's still got it at the Majestic|last=Santos|first=Sandra|date=2015-09-18|newspaper=San Antonio Express-News|access-date=2017-01-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tahoeonstage.com/peter-cetera-review/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006052218/http://www.tahoeonstage.com/peter-cetera-review/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-10-06|title=Lake Tahoe Concert: Peter Cetera at MontBleu|last=Hashagen|first=Randy|date=2015-10-03|website=www.tahoeonstage.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-18}} and Tania Hancheroff.{{Cite web|url=http://wogl.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27/review-peter-cetera-performs-chicago-songs-solo-hits-in-atlantic-city/|title=REVIEW: Peter Cetera Performs Chicago Songs, Solo Hits In Atlantic City|date=2015-04-27|access-date=2017-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207002407/http://wogl.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27/review-peter-cetera-performs-chicago-songs-solo-hits-in-atlantic-city/|archive-date=2016-02-07|url-status=dead}}

• US and European 7" and cassette single

1. "After All" – 4:06
2. "Dangerous Times" – 3:00

• European 12" and CD single

1. "After All"
2. "Dangerous Times"
3. "I Found Someone"
4. "Main Man"

• Cher, Peter Cetera – vocals
• Robbie Buchanan, Jon Gilutin – keyboards
• Michael Landau, Waddy Wachtel – guitars
• Leland Sklar – bass
• Carlos Vega – drums
• David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor

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• [http://www.cher.com Official Cher site]
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• [http://www.thomasanders.ru/massmedia/pressa/1989cher.htm Thomas Anders site]

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