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You're Moving Out Today

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"You're Movin' Out Today"
Single by Bette Midler
from the album Live at Last
B-side"Let Me Just Follow Behind"
ReleasedApril 1977 (U.S.)
GenrePop
Length3:00
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Carole Bayer Sager, Bette Midler and Bruce Roberts
Producer(s)Tom Dowd
Bette Midler singles chronology
"Old Cape Cod"
(1976) 		"You're Movin' Out Today"
(1977) 		"Storybook Children (Daybreak)"
(1978)
"You're Moving Out Today"
Single by Carole Bayer Sager
from the album Carole Bayer Sager
B-side"Aces"
ReleasedDecember 1976
GenrePop
Length3:32
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Brooks Arthur
Carole Bayer Sager singles chronology
"You're Moving Out Today"
(1976) 		"Stronger Than Before"
(1981)

"You're Moving Out Today" is a song written by Carole Bayer Sager, Bette Midler and Bruce Roberts.[1] It became an international hit in 1977, in two versions.

Both Sager and Midler recorded the song. The first U.S. release was by Bette Midler, in February 1977. It was the lead single from her LP Live at Last. Her version reached No. 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also charted in Canada. On the Adult Contemporary charts, the song reached No. 11 in the U.S. and No. 9 in Canada.

Carole Bayer Sager version

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"You're Moving Out Today" became an international hit for Carole Bayer Sager during the fall of the year, reaching number six in the UK and spending four weeks at number one in Australia.[2]

Although Sager is a prolific songwriter who is credited on many hit singles,[3] this was the first one that she performed herself.[4]

Chart history

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Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Bette Midler's version of "You're Moving Out Today"
Chart (1977) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5] 67
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[6] 9
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 42
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[8] 11
US Cash Box Top 100[9] 78
Weekly chart performance for Carole Bayer Sager's version of "You're Moving Out Today"
Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 49
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[11] 30
UK Singles (OCC)[12] 6
US Cash Box Top 100[13] 57

Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for Carole Bayer Sager's version of "You're Moving Out Today"
Chart (1977) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 9

References

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  1. ^ "You're Moving Out Today". musicnotes.com. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 28. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  3. ^ Jason Ankeny. "Carole Bayer Sager". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  4. ^ Dominic, Serene (2003). Burt Bacharach: Song By Song. Schirmer Trade Books. ISBN 978-0857122599.
  5. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5238b." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 5236." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  7. ^ "Bette Midler Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  8. ^ "Bette Midler Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  9. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles (Week ending JUNE 18, 1977)". Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  10. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5451b." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  11. ^ "Carole Bayer Sager – You're Moving Out Today". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  12. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  13. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles (Week ending NOVEMBER 19, 1977)". Archived from the original on February 22, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
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