"You're Moving Out Today" is a song written by

Carole Bayer Sager Carole Bayer Sager (born Carol Bayer on March 8, 1944) is an American lyricist, singer, songwriter, and painter. Early life and career Carole Bayer was born in New York City, to Anita Nathan Bayer and Eli Bayer. Her family was Jewish. She gradu ...

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and Bruce Roberts. It became an international hit in 1977, in two versions. Both Sager and Midler recorded the song. The first U.S. release was by

, in February 1977. It was the lead single from her LP '' Live at Last''. Her version reached No. 42 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and also charted in Canada. On the Adult Contemporary charts, the song reached No. 11 in the U.S. and No. 9 in Canada.

Carole Bayer Sager version

"You're Moving Out Today" became an international hit for Carole Bayer Sager during the fall of the year, reaching number six in the UK and spending four weeks at number one in Australia. Although Sager is a prolific

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

who is credited on many hit singles, this was the first one that she performed herself.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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* * 1976 songs 1977 singles Bette Midler songs Number-one singles in Australia Songs written by Bruce Roberts (singer) Songs written by Carole Bayer Sager Atlantic Records singles Elektra Records singles {{1970s-single-stub