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| "Ready to Take a Chance Again" | ||||
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| Single by Barry Manilow | ||||
| from the album Foul Play soundtrack | ||||
| B-side | "Sweet Life" | |||
| Released | September 1978 | |||
| Studio | A&M (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Pop, Easy Listening | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel | |||
| Producer(s) | Barry Manilow, Ron Dante | |||
| Barry Manilow singles chronology | ||||
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"Ready to Take a Chance Again" is a 1978 international hit single performed by Barry Manilow. The song was composed by Charles Fox, with lyrics by Fox's writing partner, Norman Gimbel. Manilow conceived and supervised the song's recording in partnership with Ron Dante.
It is the theme song of the movie, Foul Play, starring Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. It is one of two Manilow songs featured in that movie, the other being "Copacabana".
The song recounts the experience of a despairing man who has been hurt by love and therefore has retreated into the safety of an emotional shell. His life then continues on a flat but even keel until he meets someone who causes him to consider taking a chance with love again.
Both the 45 RPM single and the track on Manilow's hit collections are monaural, despite being labeled otherwise. The only source for this song in true stereo is the original Foul Play soundtrack, which is missing some elements of the single (a harp at 0:25 and orchestration beginning at 0:45, and a piano glissando at 2:18 is mixed way down).