"Torn Between Two Lovers" reached No. 1 on the U.S. pop chart in February 1977 and achieved the same position on the Easy Listening chart in the final week of 1976 and first week of 1977.[2] It remained in the Billboard top 10 for ten weeks,[3] and was ranked as the No. 10 song for 1977. It also hit No. 1 on the Canadian charts, and peaked at No. 3 on the country charts of both nations.[4] In March 1977, it was No. 4 in the United Kingdom.[5]
In 1977, Gracie Rivera recorded "Torn Between Two Lovers" as the first track for her debut album, Gracie. The song became a hit with Hongkongers and carved her name in their music scene in the '70s.
"Torn Between Two Lovers" has also been recorded by Johnny Rodriguez for his 1977 album Practice Makes Perfect, Anna-Lena Löfgren for her 1979 album Lev Som Du Lär and Anita Meyer for her 1984 album Face to Face. Connie Francis recorded "Torn Between Two Lovers" for her 1989 album release Where the Hits Are which was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and contained a number of songs whose original versions were Muscle Shoals recordings. Sharon Cuneta recorded her version for her album Isn't It Romantic Volume 2 in 2007. Joey Sontz recorded his version for his debut album Chasing the Dream in 2012.
"Torn Between Two Lovers" has been rendered in a number of languages, including Cantonese, "中間人" by Faye Wong from the album Shirley Wong; German, "Zwischen zwei Gefühlen" by Penny McLean; Portuguese, "Só, entre dois amores" by Celly Campello (pt); Dutch, "Hulpeloos verloren" by Conny Vandenbos; French, "Drame entre deux amours" by Claude François; Swedish, "Ge mig dina tankar" by Wizex; and Spanish, "Entre dos amores" by Christie Lee.
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For the Mary MacGregor album see Torn Between Two Lovers album Torn Between Two Lovers is a song written by Peter Yarrow of the folk music trio Peter Paul amp Mary and Phillip Jarrell that speaks about a love triangle and laments that loving both of you is breaking all the rules Mary MacGregor recorded it at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in 1976 and it became the title track of her first album Torn Between Two Lovers Single by Mary MacGregorfrom the album Torn Between Two LoversB side I Just Want to Love You ReleasedNovember 1976Recorded1976StudioMuscle Shoals Sound Studio in AlabamaGenreSoft rock 1 Length3 40LabelAriolaSongwriter s Peter Yarrow Phillip JarrellProducer s Peter Yarrow Barry BeckettMary MacGregor singles chronology Torn Between Two Lovers 1976 The Girl Has Turned Into a Woman 1977 Contents 1 Chart performance 1 1 Weekly charts 1 2 Year end charts 2 Certifications 3 Cover versions 4 TV movie 5 See also 6 ReferencesChart performance edit Torn Between Two Lovers reached No 1 on the U S pop chart in February 1977 and achieved the same position on the Easy Listening chart in the final week of 1976 and first week of 1977 2 It remained in the Billboard top 10 for ten weeks 3 and was ranked as the No 10 song for 1977 It also hit No 1 on the Canadian charts and peaked at No 3 on the country charts of both nations 4 In March 1977 it was No 4 in the United Kingdom 5 Weekly charts edit Chart 1976 1977 Peakposition Australia Kent Music Report 6 1 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 7 14 Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 8 1 Canada Country Tracks RPM 9 1 Canada Top Singles RPM 10 1 Ireland IRMA 11 5 Netherlands Single Top 100 12 11 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 13 4 South Africa Springbok Radio 14 6 UK Singles OCC 15 4 US Billboard Hot 100 16 1 US Adult Contemporary Billboard 17 1 US Hot Country Songs Billboard 18 3 US Cashbox Top 100 19 1 West Germany Official German Charts 20 40 Year end charts edit Chart 1977 Rank Australia 21 7 Canada RPM Top Singles 22 9 New Zealand 23 46 UK 24 58 U S Billboard Hot 100 25 10 U S Billboard Adult Contemporary 26 19 U S Cash Box 27 5Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 28 Gold 50 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Cover versions editIn 1977 Gracie Rivera recorded Torn Between Two Lovers as the first track for her debut album Gracie The song became a hit with Hongkongers and carved her name in their music scene in the 70s Torn Between Two Lovers has also been recorded by Johnny Rodriguez for his 1977 album Practice Makes Perfect Anna Lena Lofgren for her 1979 album Lev Som Du Lar and Anita Meyer for her 1984 album Face to Face Connie Francis recorded Torn Between Two Lovers for her 1989 album release Where the Hits Are which was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio and contained a number of songs whose original versions were Muscle Shoals recordings Sharon Cuneta recorded her version for her album Isn t It Romantic Volume 2 in 2007 Joey Sontz recorded his version for his debut album Chasing the Dream in 2012 Torn Between Two Lovers has been rendered in a number of languages including Cantonese 中間人 by Faye Wong from the album Shirley Wong German Zwischen zwei Gefuhlen by Penny McLean Portuguese So entre dois amores by Celly Campello pt Dutch Hulpeloos verloren by Conny Vandenbos French Drame entre deux amours by Claude Francois Swedish Ge mig dina tankar by Wizex and Spanish Entre dos amores by Christie Lee The song was mentioned in the lyrics of Dolly Parton s 1984 country single God Won t Get You TV movie edit Torn Between Two Lovers inspired the title of a television movie aired in 1979 starring Lee Remick George Peppard and Joseph Bologna in which the song is played 29 See also editList of number one adult contemporary singles of 1976 U S List of Hot 100 number one singles of 1977 U S List of RPM number one singles of 1977References edit McDonough Jimmy 4 March 2010 Tammy Wynette Tragic Country Queen Penguin ISBN 9781101189955 via Google Books 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