On and On (Stephen Bishop song)

{{short description|1977 song by Stephen Bishop}}

{{Infobox song

| name = On and On

| image = On and on by stephen bishop US single side-A.png

| alt =

| caption = Side A of the US single

| type = single

| artist = Stephen Bishop

| album = Careless

| B-side = Little Italy

| released = May 1977

| recorded = 1976

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Soft rock{{cite web|first= Tom |last= Breihan |title= The Number Ones: Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin’s "Separate Lives|website= Stereogum |date= November 11, 2020 |url= https://www.stereogum.com/2106568/the-number-ones-phil-collins-marilyn-martins-separate-lives/columns/the-number-ones/|accessdate= August 6, 2023|quote= Bishop’s highest-charting single, the sleepy 1977 soft-rocker “On And On,” peaked at #11.}}
• pop{{cite book|title= Night Moves - Pop Music in the Late 70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= July 17, 2000|chapter= The Six Million Dollar Tan: West Coast Pop|page= 46|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh04AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT95}}

| length = 3:00

| label = ABC Records

| writer = Stephen Bishop

| producer = Henry Lewy, Stephen Bishop

| prev_title = Save It for a Rainy Day

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Never Letting Go

| next_year = 1977

}}

"On and On" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stephen Bishop. The song, from his debut album Careless, became a major hit, peaking at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and spending 28 weeks on the chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/stephen-bishop/chart-history/hsi/|title=Stephen Bishop - Chart history |publisher=Billboard |date= |access-date=March 27, 2014}} In Canada, the song peaked at number 6.{{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5424a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=8ujpqsn6b6up3tko0kcdcok0c3 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |access-date=October 12, 2016}}

On the U.S. Easy Listening chart, "On and On" peaked at number two.{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=33}} It reached number three on the corresponding Canadian chart.

Despite failing to crack the top ten, it was the 30th ranked single on the Billboard magazine year-end chart for 1977 as a result of its almost seven-month chart run.{{Cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1977.php|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1977 - Longbored Surfer - Charts|date=January 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126050123/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/1977.php|access-date=June 7, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2010}}