Too Late to Turn Back Now (song)
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| "Too Late to Turn Back Now" | ||||
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 Side A of the US single | ||||
| Single by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | ||||
| from the album Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose | ||||
| B-side | "Lift Your Love Higher" | |||
| Released | May 1972 | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Genre | Soul[1] | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | United Artists UA 50910 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Eddie Cornelius | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Archibald[2] | |||
| Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose singles chronology | ||||
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"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is the 1972 follow-up single of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose to their debut hit "Treat Her Like a Lady". The single was originally released in 1970 on the Platinum label.
Written by Eddie Cornelius, "Too Late to Turn Back Now" had great success upon its re-release, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers) and No. 5 on the U.S. R&B chart.[3] It went to No. 1 on Cash Box's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972.[4]
"Too Late to Turn Back Now" is ranked as the 34th biggest U.S. hit of 1972. The record was awarded a gold disc on 2 August for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[5][6]
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In popular culture
The song was featured in the 1997 film The Ice Storm, the 2018 film BlacKkKlansman and episode 5 of the Amazon Prime Video series Daisy Jones & The Six.[citation needed]
According to the book, Carolina Beach Music: The Classic Years by Rick Simmons, and the Carolina Beach Music Encyclopedia, "Too Late to Turn Back Now" is a Beach music classic.[14][15]