"It's Better than Walking Out" was a single for Marlena Shaw in 1976. It became a hit for her that year.

Background

The song was composed by Lee Garrett and Robert Taylor. It was the first single from Shaw's '' Just a Matter of Time'' album. In James Hamilton's New Spins section of '' Record Mirror'', issue June 5, the record was referred to as a thudding hustler. In Sue Byrom's Singles section of the same issue, the speed of the music and catchy repeated chorus that could get some listeners was noted. The slick arrangement, the drums accentuating the backbeat and Shaw's phrasings were also noted. The ''

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'' reviewer in the June 12 issue called it a driving disco and r&b cut.

Airplay

For the week of May 22, ''Cash Box'' recorded the record being added to the R&B playlists of WAMO in Pittsburgh, WADS in Philadelphia, and WILD in Boston. It was also added to the playlist of WDAO in Dayton.

Charts

"It's Better than Walking Out" made its debut in the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 R&B chart at 83 the week of June 12, 1976, spending a week on the chart. The song peaked at no. 103 on the ''

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'' main chart (Bubbling Under) and at no. no. 74 on the R&B chart. For the week ending June 26, 1976, "Better than Walking Out" was at no. 109 in the ''Billboard'' Bubbling Under The Hot 100 chart. It reached no. 10 on the ''Billboard'' Disco Action chart, Colony Records (New York) section. In England, the song made the UK Disco Top 20 chart.

Other versions

Lee Garrett recorded his own version which appeared on his ''Heats for the Feats'' album that was released on Chrysalis CHR 1109 in 1976. It was actually an "Album Pick" by ''

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'' in the March 27 issue. Denny McCaffrey covered "Better than Walking Out" which appeared on his 2014 album, ''Come On In''.Deezer
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References

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External links

* Marlena Shaw - Topic channel
It's Better Than Walkin' Out by Marlena Shaw (audio)
* Antony Rosano channel
Marlena Shaw – It's Better Than Walkin' Out (12" Version) ℗ 1976
* Groovy Attack channel
Lee Garrett - Better than walkin out (audio)
* Denny McCaffrey - Topic channel
Better Than Walking Out by Denny McCaffrey (audio)
* DennyMcCaffreyBand channel
The Denny McCaffrey Band - better than walking out (live video)
1976 singles Marlena Shaw songs Songs written by Lee Garrett Songs written by Robert Taylor (composer) Blue Note Records singles