Any Day Now (Burt Bacharach song)

"Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
Single by Chuck Jackson
from the album Any Day Now
B-side"The Prophet"
Written1962
ReleasedApril 1962
Length3:20
LabelWand
SongwritersBurt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard
Chuck Jackson singles chronology
"What'cha Gonna Say Tomorrow"
(1962)		 "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)"
(1962)		 "Come on and Love Me"
(1962)

"Any Day Now" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard in 1962. It has been recorded by numerous artists over the years, including notable versions by Chuck Jackson in 1962, Alan Price in 1965, Elvis Presley in 1969, Scott Walker in 1973 and Ronnie Milsap in 1982. In the lyrics, the singer predicts the imminent demise of a romantic relationship and describes the sadness this will leave.

Chuck Jackson recording

Jackson, an R&B singer born in North Carolina in 1937, recorded the first version of the song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart; it reached number 23 in 1962 with the title "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" and spent six weeks in the Top 40. Jackson's version appeared on his album, which was also titled Any Day Now. The song was Jackson's highest-charting hit on the US pop chart, and also peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot Black Sides chart.[1]

Jackson's recording of the song was used over the closing credits of the film Inherent Vice.[2]

Jackson's original backing track was recycled by Scepter for the song "Lover", which was recorded in the early 1960s by Scepter artist Tommy Hunt. The track, which featured an entirely new Hilliard lyric and a partially re-written melody, was not released until 1986.

Charts

Chart (1962) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[3] 23
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[4] 12

Elvis Presley version

Presley recorded a cover version of "Any Day Now" on February 20, 1969 at American Sound Studio, Memphis, Tennessee. This version appeared on his album of that year, From Elvis in Memphis. Although not released as a single in its own right, the song appeared as the B-side to Presley's No. 3 US pop hit "In the Ghetto", which appeared on the same album. In 2022 it featured in the Elvis movie soundtrack, the song itself and as a remix mixed with "Suspicious Minds" made by Australian dance music trio PNAU with the name "Don't Fly Away".

Ronnie Milsap

"Any Day Now"
Single by Ronnie Milsap
from the album Inside
B-side"It's Just a Room"
ReleasedApril 1982
Recorded1981
GenreCountry
Length3:42
LabelRCA Nashville
SongwritersBurt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard
ProducersTom Collins and Ronnie Milsap
Ronnie Milsap singles chronology
"I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World"
(1981)		 "Any Day Now"
(1982)		 "He Got You"
(1982)

Milsap, a popular country / pop singer, recorded the most widely known version of the song. It was the lead single from his 1982 album Inside, and it peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending nine weeks in the Top 40. In addition, this version went to No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart (for one week) as well as the Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart (for five weeks). It also went to No. 1 on the Canadian Country and Adult Contemporary Chart for three weeks.

Milsap's producer, Tom Collins, encouraged Milsap to make the song sound different from the original by Chuck Jackson. As a result, Milsap recorded it in a different key and sang it softly.[5]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 96
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7]1
US Billboard Hot 100[8]14
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9]1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[10] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1982) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[11] 37
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[11] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 83
U.S. Cashbox Top 100[12] 95

Other notable versions

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 281.
  2. ↑ "Inherent Vice (2014) - Soundtracks - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, June 30, 1962". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved April 29, 2026.
  5. ↑ Rich, Kienzle (2004). Ultimate Ronnie Milsap (CD booklet). Ronnie Milsap. RCA Records. 82876.
  6. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 202. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ↑ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ↑ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  10. ↑ "Library and Archives Canada". RPM Weekly. July 10, 1982. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  11. 1 2 3 "Ronnie Milsap - Any Day Now". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1982". Cashbox Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
  13. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 533.

Bibliography

  • Roland, Tom, The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2).
  • Whitburn, Joel (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  • Whitburn, Joel, Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, 2006.
  • Whitburn, Joel, Top Pop Songs: 1955-2006, 2007.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.