BABY IT’S YOU – PROMISES

Chart performance:

Week	Position	Movement	Comments
27-Apr-79	18	New
04-May-79	16	+2
11-May-79	12	+4	Star rater
18-May-79	5	+7	Biggest climber/Star rater
25-May-79	5	0
01-Jun-79	3	+2	Peak
08-Jun-79	4	-1
15-Jun-79	4	0
22-Jun-79	3	+1	Peak
29-Jun-79	3	0	Peak
06-Jul-79	4	-1
13-Jul-79	5	-1
20-Jul-79	9	-4
27-Jul-79	10	-1
03-Aug-79	16	-6	Biggest faller

Written by: Benny & Leslie Knauer
Produced by: Steve Verroca (using the name St Veronica)
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): EMI

Hit number for artist	1
Peak position	3
Weeks	15
Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest faller awards	1
Top 20 points	198
Overall Top 20 points ranking	=396
Top 20 points ranking for the artist	1
Top 30 Points	348
Overall Top 30 points ranking	=428
Top 30 points ranking for the artist	1

Annual ranking:

1979

15

Other chart success:

Australia	2
Belgium	12
Germany	4
Netherlands	20
New Zealand	1
Sweden	2
Switzerland	11

SA Radio charts:

Radio 5

1

The song was covered by Tina Arena in 2008 and would be the 8^th best performing song by a Canadian act on our charts (top 20 and top 30 points basis). It is not the same song as the one of the same title by Smith which charted in SA.

Video:

Artist link: Promises

PROMISES (CANADA)

The band consisted of Leslie, Jed and Benny Knauer, siblings from Vancouver in Canada. Their father had moved to Canada from Hamburg in Germany. Their career as a band was short lived with only couple of albums and a handful of singles being released. Their debut album, ‘Promises’, would get to 6 in Australia while their only major hit, ‘Baby It’s You’, would top the charts in New Zealand as well as charting in Australia, Belgium and Germany. They would see 1 further (minor) hit with ‘Let’s Get Back Together’ which charted in Australia and Germany. The single’s title also proved ironic as the band broke up after this release as Leslie was wanting to move in a more punk direction musically which was at odds with what her brothers wanted to do. Due to a legal issue with record labels, the band’s material was never released in the US.

Date of entry	Song	Peak (weeks at 1)	Weeks
27-Apr-1979	Baby It’s You	3	15
		Total hits	1
		Total weeks	15

Biggest climber awards	1
Star rater climbs	2
Biggest fallers	1
Weeks with oldest in the charts	0
Longest run in the charts (weeks)	15
Weeks with more than 1 in the charts	0
Biggest gap between hits (weeks)	0
Top 30 points ranking	=498
Top 20 points ranking	=440
Top 30 points	348
Top 20 points	198

Of the 25 Canadian acts to charts, Promises ranked 10^th using a top 20 points basis and 11^th using a top 30 points basis.