"Personally"
Single by Karla Bonoff
from the album Wild Heart of the Young
B-side"Dream"
ReleasedApril 1982
GenreAdult contemporary, soft rock
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Paul Kelly
Producer(s)Kenny Edwards
Karla Bonoff singles chronology
"Baby Don't Go"
(1980)		 "Personally"
(1982)		 "Please Be the One"
(1982)

"Personally" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff which was released as the lead single from her 1982 album Wild Heart of the Young. The song is Bonoff's only top 40 hit single.

First recordings

"Personally" was first recorded in 1973 by its composer Paul Kelly, with Gene Page producing: however the track was not released although Kelly would record a new version of his composition for his 1993 album Gonna Stick and Stay.

Karla Bonoff version

Bonoff learned of the song through Glenn Frey, who was the intended producer of her album Wild Heart of the Young before the job went to Kenny Edwards. Bonoff said Frey was "a great collector of obscure R&B tunes. He used to play me all these really cool [songs]." Frey mentioned to Bonoff that he had meant to send the Jackie Moore recording of "Personally" to Bonnie Raitt as a possible song to record herself, but Raitt hadn't received it. Bonoff recalled, "He was playing it for me and I said: 'Maybe I could [record it].'"[1]

Highlighted by a solo by alto sax virtuoso Phil Kenzie,[2] Bonoff's version of "Personally" spent 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 with a number 19 peak: in Cash Box the track rose as high as #12 on the Top 100 Singles chart.[3] Billboard ranked "Personally" as the 60th biggest hit of 1982.[4]

Chart performance

Other versions

"Personally"
Single by Ronnie McDowell
from the album Personally
B-side"You Make My Day Pay Off (All Night Long)"
ReleasedJanuary 29, 1983
GenreCountry
Length3:25
LabelEpic Records
Songwriter(s)Paul Kelly
Producer(s)Buddy Killen
Ronnie McDowell singles chronology
"Step Back"
(1982)		 "Personally"
(1983)		 "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation"
(1983)

Chart performance - Ronnie McDowell

Chart (1983) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[12] 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 11

References

  1. ↑ http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/pawtrait/folkville/biographies/KarlaBonoff.html
  2. ↑ "Gary James' Interview with the Last of the Great Sax Players Phil Kenzie". ClassicBands.com.
  3. ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982". Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
  5. ↑ "Karla Bonoff Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Karla Bonoff Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, July 31, 1982". Archived from the original on June 3, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Karla Bonoff".
  9. ↑ Musicoutfitters.com
  10. ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1982". Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
  11. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 317.
  12. ↑ "Ronnie McDowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  13. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 412.


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