Too Late to Turn Back Now (song)

"Too Late to Turn Back Now"
side-A label by United Artists Records
Side A of the US single
Single by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
from the album Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
B-side"Lift Your Love Higher"
ReleasedMay 1972
Recorded1970
GenreSoul[1]
Length3:18
LabelUnited Artists
UA 50910
Songwriter(s)Eddie Cornelius
Producer(s)Bob Archibald[2]
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose singles chronology
"Treat Her Like a Lady"
(1971) 		"Too Late to Turn Back Now"
(1972) 		"Don't Ever Be Lonely"
(1973)

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is the 1972 follow-up single of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose to their debut hit "Treat Her Like a Lady". The single had previously been released in 1970 on the Platinum label.

Written by Eddie Cornelius, the song had great success upon its re-release, peaking at number 5 on the U.S. R&B chart and number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers).[3] "Too Late to Turn Back Now" went to No. 1 on Cash Box's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972.[4]

"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is ranked as the 34th biggest U.S. hit of 1972. The record was awarded a gold disc on 2 August 1972 for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5][6]

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Walking in Rhythm: Seventies Soul". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 60. ISBN 031214704X.
  2. ^ "Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose – Too Late To Turn Back Now / Lift Your Love Higher". Discogs. 1972. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
  3. ^ "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.
  4. ^ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles - Week ending JULY 29, 1972
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. p. 133. ISBN 0-89820-122-5.
  6. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 291 and 310. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.