Look What You've Done to Me

"Look What You've Done to Me" is a song recorded by Boz Scaggs for the film Urban Cowboy. It was written by Scaggs and David Foster, and produced by Foster and Bill Schnee. The song reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in November 1980, No. 13 on the Cash Box Top 100,^[1] reached No. 30 in Canada and went to No. 3 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.^[2] The song reflects on a broken romance as depicted in the film.

"Look What You've Done to Me"
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Urban Cowboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
B-side	"Simone"
Released	August 1980
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:18 (Album) 4:06 (Single)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Boz Scaggs, David Foster
Producer(s)	David Foster, Bill Schnee
Boz Scaggs singles chronology
"Jojo" (1980) "Look What You've Done to Me" (1980) "Miss Sun" (1980)

Charlie Puth covered the song at David Foster's 75th Birthday Concert^[3] held at The Hollywood Bowl on November 3, 2024.^[4]

Background

The song features the Eagles on background vocals and instrumentation by Don Felder on guitar and members of Toto^[5] and David Foster on keyboards.^[6] Two versions of the song were released. The more widely available version of the song (as released on Scaggs' greatest hits compilations) places more emphasis on the Eagles' background vocals, plus additional background vocal stylings by Scaggs towards the end of the song. The version as heard in the Urban Cowboy film (as well as its soundtrack) replaces the Eagles' vocals with a female chorus.

According to comments made by both Scaggs and Foster on the television special (and subsequent DVD) Hit Man: David Foster and Friends,^[7] the song was written and recorded in one night after the studio called asking the duo to write a song for the scene, informing them the scene was to be filmed the following day, and the track needed to be on a courier plane the following morning.

Foster provided a bit more of the backstory on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Season 3, Episode 3, titled "Don't Sing for Your Supper", as his then-wife Yolanda was a cast member. Foster said that Scaggs wasn't happy with any of the music he played that evening until the night was almost over. When Foster played the intro chords that became the trademark beginning of the song, Scaggs said, "That's it."^[6]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1980) Peak position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 30 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[9] 41 US Billboard Hot 100[10] 14 US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[11] 3 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[1] 13

Year-end charts Chart (1980) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 102 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[13] 83

Personnel

Original version musicians

• Boz Scaggs – lead vocals
• David Foster – keyboards, string and horn arrangements
• Steve Lukather, Don Felder – guitar
• Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals

Urban Cowboy version musicians

• Boz Scaggs – lead vocals
• David Foster – keyboards, string arrangements
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums
• Venetta Fields, Paulette Brown, Julia Tillman Waters, Oren Waters - background vocals