"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 was originally released in 1970 on the Platinum label.
Written by Eddie Cornelius, "Too Late to Turn Back Now" had great success upon its re-release, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers) and No. 5 on the U.S. R&B chart. It went to No. 1 on Cash Box's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972.CASH BOX Top 100 Singles - Week ending JULY 29, 1972
"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 for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1972)PeakpositionAustralia 15Canada RPM Top Singles1New Zealand (Listener) 20U.S. Billboard Hot 1002U.S. R&B Singles5U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary6U.S. Cashbox Top 1001
Year-end charts Chart (1972)RankU.S. Billboard Hot 10034Canada61
In popular culture The song was featured in the 1997 film The Ice Storm, the 2018 film BlacKkKlansman and episode 5 of the Amazon Prime Video series Daisy Jones & The Six.
According to the book, Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years by Rick Simmons, and the Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia, "Too Late to Turn Back Now" is a Beach music classic.Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years, By Rick Simmons · 2011 - , - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose, "Too Late to Turn Back Now"Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia, By Rick Simmons · 2018 - - Page 77 Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
See also List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1972
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