To All the Girls I've Loved Before

"To All the Girls I've Loved Before"
Single by Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson
from the album 1100 Bel Air Place
B-side"I Don't Want to Wake You"
ReleasedFebruary 1984
Recorded1983
GenreCountry pop[1]
Length3:30
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Albert Hammond and Hal David
Producer(s)Richard Perry
Julio Iglesias singles chronology
"The Air That I Breathe"
(1983)
"To All the Girls I've Loved Before"
(1984)
"Coração apaixonado"
(1985)
Willie Nelson singles chronology
"Without a Song"
(1983)
"To All the Girls I've Loved Before"
(1984)
"City of New Orleans"
(1984)

"To All the Girls I've Loved Before" is a song written by Hal David (words) and Albert Hammond (music). It was originally recorded by Hammond in 1975 on his album 99 Miles From L.A.,[2] but is more famous for a 1984 recording by Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson, which appeared on Iglesias's album 1100 Bel Air Place. A breakthrough for Iglesias in the English language market, though he had enjoyed a 1981 UK number one with a largely Spanish-language version of Begin The Beguine, the song peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart. "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" went to number one on the country chart, and was one of two entries on the country chart for Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson as a duo (the second was "Spanish Eyes", which peaked at No. 8 in late 1988).[3]

  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (March 31, 2020). "La Vida Loca Edición". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Albert Hammond 99 Miles From LA". Discogs.com. 1975. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 167.