"When I'm Back on My Feet Again" is the fourth

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released from American singer-songwriter

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

's sixth studio album, ''

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'' (1989). The song was written by

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, who wrote the song after the death of her father. She is quoted as saying that "the song wrote itself...I was thinking about my dad who had recently passed away, and it just came pouring out."Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits'' (Billboard Publications), page 359. The song peaked at 7 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in August 1990, becoming Bolton's third top-10 hit in the United States. It also spent three weeks atop the ''Billboard''

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chart, Bolton's second No. 1 on this chart following "

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". Worldwide, "When I'm Back on My Feet Again" peaked at No. 2 in Canada, No. 20 in Ireland, No. 35 in New Zealand, No. 44 in the United Kingdom, and No. 77 in Australia.

Credits and personnel

Musicians *

Michael Bolton Michael Bolotin
, The Jewish Historical Society of New Haven, 1998. (born February 26, 1953), known professio ...

: Main Vocal *

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Michael Landau Michael Christopher Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitch ...

: Guitars *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...

: Electric Bass *

: Keyboards * Walter Afanasieff: Keyboards, Synthesized Bass, Drums, Percussion *

Louis Biancaniello Louis John Biancaniello is an American songwriter and record producer. Career Biancaniello's skills were developed while working alongside producer Narada Michael Walden with whom he produced hits for Shanice ''I Love Your Smile'', Whitney Ho ...

: Additional Keyboard Programming * Dan Shea,

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: Additional Synth Programming Production * Arranged by Guy Roche * Produced by Guy Roche, Michael Bolton and Walter Afanasieff * Production Co-ordination: Doreen Dorian * Recording Engineers: Guy Roche, Richard Piatt and Terry Christian; assisted by Kevin Becka and Tony Friedman * Mixed by

Mick Guzauski Nathan "Mick" Guzauski is an American multi-platinum mixing engineer and sound engineer. His work spans a wide range of styles, including jazz, R&B, Latin, rock, pop, easy listening, funk and hip hop. He won a 2002 Latin Grammy for Thalía's ...

* Published by RealSongs

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

In popular culture

This song was featured in ''

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'', but only in the Director's Cut version.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100507/alternateversions?ref_=tttrv_ql_5

References

1989 songs 1990 singles Columbia Records singles Michael Bolton songs Songs written by Diane Warren {{1980s-pop-song-stub