The Second Time Around (Shalamar song)

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"Second Time Around"
Single by Shalamar
from the album Big Fun
B-side "Leave It All Up to Love"
Released October 12, 1979
Format 7" single
Recorded 1979
Genre Post-disco[1]
Label SOLAR Records
Writer(s) Leon Sylvers III, William Shelby
Producer(s) Leon Sylvers III
Certification Gold (RIAA)

"The Second Time Around" is a 1979 hit by Los Angeles-based group Shalamar. The song is the first single from their album, Big Fun. The single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980.[2] "The Second Time Around" also went to number one on the disco/dance chart in January 1980.[3] The song was produced by Leon Sylvers III, who cowrote the song with William Shelby.[4]

In 1980, the band made a promotion of "The Second Time Around" for the radio station KJR in Seattle, called "The Sonics Came to Play," dedicated to the Seattle SuperSonics who had won the NBA Championship the previous year.

Samples

Missy Elliott interpolated it in her song "Is This Our Last Time?" from her This Is Not a Test! album.

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1
U.S. Billboard US Dance 1

See also

References

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