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''You Light Up My Life'' is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released in March 1978 by Columbia Records.〔(1993) ''The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection'' by Johnny Mathis (booklet ). New York: Columbia Records C4K-48932.〕 It made its first appearance on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated April 1, 1978, and remained there for 24 weeks, peaking at number 9〔.〕 while in the meantime receiving Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on May 2 and Platinum certification two months later, on July 6.〔(RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Johnny Mathis )〕 It also made it to number 3 during a 19-week run on the UK album chart,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Johnny Mathis - Albums )〕 and on June 30 of that year the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of over 100,000 units in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BPI search results )〕 The single from the album, "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late", had its chart debut on ''Billboard'' magazine's list of the 100 most popular R&B singles in the US in the issue dated March 4, 1978, where it lasted for 20 weeks, four of which were spent at number one.〔.〕 The following issue, dated March 11, marked its first appearance on the magazine's list of the 50 most popular Easy Listening records in the US, where it enjoyed one week out of the 19 it spent there in the top spot.〔.〕 On March 25 it became a new entry on the UK singles chart, where it got as high as number three over the course of 14 weeks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Johnny Mathis - Singles )〕 ''Billboards April 1 issue saw the debut of the song on the Hot 100, where it stayed for 18 weeks, one of which was at number one.〔.〕 Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America was awarded the following month, on May 2, for what was then the required sales of one million units in the US,〔(RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams )〕 and Silver certification by the British Phonographic Industry was issued for sales of over 250,000 units in the UK.〔 The album was first released on compact disc in 1988. A 3-CD box set that included this album along with the follow-up that Mathis recorded with Deniece Williams entitled ''That's What Friends Are For'' and the 1991 compilation ''Better Together: The Duet Album'' was released on August 12, 1997. ''You Light Up My Life'' was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Funkytowngrooves on January 27, 2015, the other album being Mathis's Columbia release from September 1979, ''Mathis Magic''. ==Track listing== Side 1 # "You Light Up My Life" (Joe Brooks) – 3:55 # "Emotion" performed with Deniece Williams (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 3:16 # "All I Ever Need" (Jacques Sawyer) – 3:12 # "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:35 # "If You Believe" (a.k.a. "Believe in Yourself" (reprise)) (Charlie Smalls) – 3:31 Side 2 # "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" performed with Deniece Williams (Nat Kipner, John Vallins) – 2:59 # "How Deep Is Your Love" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 3:42 # "Till Love Touches Your Life" (Arthur Hamilton, Riz Ortolani) – 4:00 # "I Wrote a Symphony on My Guitar" (Arthur Hamilton, LeRoy Holmes) – 3:05 # "It Was Almost Like a Song" (Hal David, Archie Jordan) – 3:49 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「You Light Up My Life (Johnny Mathis album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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