Born Late

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Born Late

| type = Album

| artist = Shaun Cassidy

| cover = Shaun Cassidy Born Late album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 1, 1977

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 31:59

| label = Curb/Warner Bros.

| producer = Michael Lloyd

| prev_title = Shaun Cassidy

| prev_year = 1977

| next_title = Under Wraps

| next_year = 1978

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title=Born Late Review by William Ruhlmann |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-late-mw0000852543 |website=AllMusic |access-date=13 March 2024}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = C{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: C|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=C&bk=70|accessdate=February 23, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies}}

}}

Born Late is the second studio album by American singer Shaun Cassidy. The album was released in 1977 following the success of Cassidy's self-titled debut album.

Born Late yielded two hit singles. The first, "Hey Deanie", was written by Eric Carmen, who also wrote the song "That's Rock 'n' Roll" (which was a hit from Cassidy's first solo album). "Hey Deanie" reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1978.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1978-01-21 |title=Music: Top 100 Songs | Billboard Hot 100 Chart |website=Billboard.com |date=1978-01-21 |accessdate=2016-10-12}} For the second single, also following the formula of his first album's hit cover of the Crystals' "Da Doo Ron Ron", Cassidy remade a 1960s hit, in this case the Lovin' Spoonful's "Do You Believe in Magic?" (which was written by John Sebastian). That single became a modest hit, peaking at #31 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Born Late was certified platinum.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UpucCQAAQBAJ&q=shaun+cassidy+joe+hardy+hey+deanie&pg=PA59 |title = From Small Screen to Vinyl: A Guide to Television Stars Who Made Records, 1950-2000|isbn = 9781442242746|last1 = Leszczak|first1 = Bob|date = June 25, 2015| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}

Unlike his first album, Cassidy wrote or co-wrote half of the songs. The track "It's Up to You" was co-written with Cassidy by Lost in Space child-star Billy Mumy. "Carolina's Comin' Home" is a cover of a 1971 White Plains song from their album When You Are a King.