The Old Songs

"The Old Songs" is a song written by David Pomeranz and Buddy Kaye and was featured in Pomeranz's 1980 album, The Truth of Us.^[2] In 1999, the song was re-recorded again in Pomeranz's 1999 album, Born for You: His Best and More.

"The Old Songs"
Single by David Pomeranz
from the album The Truth of Us and Born for You: His Best and More
Released	1980 1999
Recorded	1977–1979 1999[1]
Genre	Pop[2]
Length	4:10
Label	Pacific (US) MCA Universal/PolyEast Records (Philippines)
Songwriter(s)	David Pomeranz, Buddy Kaye
Music video
"The Old Songs" (lyric video) on YouTube

Barry Manilow version

"The Old Songs"
Single by Barry Manilow
from the album If I Should Love Again
B-side	"Don't Fall in Love With Me"
Released	October 1981
Genre	Pop soft rock
Length	4:42
Label	Arista
Songwriter(s)	David Pomeranz, Buddy Kaye
Barry Manilow singles chronology
"Lonely Together" (1981) "The Old Songs" (1981) "Somewhere Down the Road" (1981)

A year after its release, American singer Barry Manilow would later record the track for his 1981 album, "If I Should Love Again".^[2]

"The Old Songs" peaked at number fifteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and was Manilow's eleventh number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, spending three weeks at number one.^[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1981–82)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[4]	2
UK[5]	48
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	15
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	16

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)	Rank
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [6]	98

See also

• List of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 1981