Past the Point of Rescue (song)

"Past the Point of Rescue"
Single by Hal Ketchum
from the album Past the Point of Rescue
ReleasedFebruary 10, 1992
Recorded1991
GenreCountry
Length4:25
LabelCurb
Songwriter(s)Mick Hanly
Producer(s)Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney
Hal Ketchum singles chronology
"I Know Where Love Lives"
(1992)
"Past the Point of Rescue"
(1992)
"Five O'Clock World"
(1992)

"Past the Point of Rescue" is a song written by Mick Hanly, and covered by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in February 1992 as the third single and title track from Ketchum's album Past the Point of Rescue. It was written by Mick Hanly (of Moving Hearts) and had originally been recorded by Mary Black who had a hit with it in Ireland in 1988 and included it on her album No Frontiers.[1] Ketchum's version of the song reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1992[2] and number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[3]

  1. ^ Mary Black on RTÉ's "Ireland's Greatest Hits", retrieved 29 December 2010
  2. ^ Hal Ketchum Chart History[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ RPM Country Tracks