Now and Forever (You and Me)

{{Infobox song

| name = Now and Forever (You and Me)

| cover = NowAndForeverYouAndMe.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Anne Murray

| album = Something to Talk About

| B-side = I Don't Wanna Spend Another Night Without You

| released = January 1986

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country, pop{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-02-15.pdf|title=Anne Murray Going Pop Again After Six Years|work=Billboard|date=February 15, 1986}}

| length = 4:14

| label = Capitol

| writer = {{hlist|David Foster|Randy Goodrum|Jim Vallance}}

| producer = David Foster

| prev_title = I Don't Think I'm Ready for You

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Who's Leaving Who

| next_year = 1986

}}

"Now and Forever (You and Me)" is a 1986 song written by David Foster, Randy Goodrum and Jim Vallance and recorded by Canadian country music artist Anne Murray. It was aided by a popular music video, filmed in Toronto. The back-up vocal was sung by Richard Page, lead singer for the pop group Mr. Mister. It was released in January 1986 as the first single from her twentieth studio album Something to Talk About.

The song was Murray's tenth and final number one hit on the U.S. Country singles chart and spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 92 (Murray's final song to cross over to that chart). It remained for a total of nineteen weeks on the Billboard Country chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=243}} The song was the last number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts by a non-American until fellow Canadian Shania Twain's "Any Man of Mine" reached number one in 1995.

Chart performance

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!Chart (1986)

!Peak
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Canadian RPM Country Tracks{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.0665&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4p7unv298qhq8g31ufps3bhfc7 |title=RPM Country Tracks for May 3, 1986 |work=RPM |access-date=July 14, 2011}}

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Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks {{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9400&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4p7unv298qhq8g31ufps3bhfc7 |title=RPM Adult Contemporary for March 15, 1986 |work=RPM |access-date=July 14, 2011}}

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Canadian RPM Top Singles{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7803&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=4p7unv298qhq8g31ufps3bhfc7 |title=RPM Top Singles for March 29, 1986 |work=RPM |access-date=July 14, 2011}}

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{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Anne Murray}}
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks{{cite web|title=Anne Murray Adult Contemporary Chart History|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=anne murray|chart=Adult Contemporary}}|work=Billboard|access-date=June 13, 2015}}

|align="center"|7

U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|page=291|year=2008|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}

|align="center"|92

Notable appearances

  • This song played during the closing credits of the episode of the American daytime soap opera All My Children on 24 March 1986.
  • The song was used for the Sophia and C.C. characters on the American serial Santa Barbara.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cybercom.net/~jima/misc/songs.html|title=Santa Barbara}}

References