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Without You (Badfinger Song)
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| “Without You” | |
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| Song by Badfinger | |
| from the album No Dice | |
| Released | 9 November 1970 |
| Recorded | 15 & 29 July 1970 |
| Studio | Abbey Road, London |
| Length | 4:43 |
| Label | Apple |
| Songwriters | Pete Ham, Tom Evans |
| Producer | Geoff Emerick |
“Without You” is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Welsh rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album No Dice. The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international number one hits. The Nilsson version was included in 2021’s Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Paul McCartney once described it as “the killer song of all time”.
In 1972, writers Ham and Evans received the British Academy’s Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
Badfinger original
First recorded by the rock group Badfinger, the song was composed by two of its members. Pete Ham wrote a song originally titled “If It’s Love”, but it had lacked a strong chorus. At the time of writing, the band shared residence with the Mojos at 7 Park Avenue in Golders Green. One evening, in the midst of the parties, songwriting, touring, in Golders Green, Ham and his girlfriend Beverly Tucker were about to go out for the evening. But just as they were leaving Tom Evans said he had an idea for a song – Ham said, “Not tonight, I’ve promised Bev.” But she thought he would be wondering if he had done the right thing later, if he went out. She told him, “Go into the studio, I’m fine about it…” He replied, “Your mouth is smiling, but your eyes are sad.” The song Ham wrote that night was called “If it’s Love” and has the verse “Well I can’t forget tomorrow, when I think of all my sorrow, I had you there but then I let you go, and now it’s only fair that I should let you know … if it’s love”. But Ham wasn’t happy with the chorus.
Evans’ relationship with his future wife Marianne influenced his lyrics:
One evening he [Evans] went to her [Marianne’s] friend Karen and told Karen, “She’s left me. I need her back. I can’t live without her.” He flew to Bonn to find her – he wrote a song called “I Can’t Live”. Its chorus included “I can’t live, if living is without you, I can’t live, I can’t give any more.” And so the merging of the two songs, Ham and Evans created the hit [with] Ham’s verse, “warm, sweet, sentimental” and Evans’ chorus, “intense, dramatic, heartbreaking.”
Both Ham and Evans said they did not consider the song to have much potential at the time Badfinger recorded it, and the track was slotted to close the first side of their 1970 album No Dice. Badfinger’s recording of the song, which is more brusque than its successors’ versions, was not released as a single in Europe or North America.
Stereogum reviewer Tom Breihan said of Badfinger’s version that it “is strummy and direct, but it also sounds like a blueprint, not a final version. They could’ve turned it into a showstopping ballad, but they didn’t.”
Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated it as Badfinger’s 4th-best song, calling it a “quiet gem” that “hits all the right emotional notes.” Classic Rock critic Rob Hughes rated it Badfinger’s 6th-best song, saying it is “less saccharine and more understated [than the Nilsson and Carey versions], delivered with a genuine sense of anguish.” Paul McCartney called it “the killer song of all time.”
The two writers of the song, Ham and Evans, later died by suicide due to legal and financial issues. In Evans’ case, it was a dispute over songwriting royalties for “Without You” that precipitated his action. Songwriting royalties had become the subject of constant legal wrangling for Evans, and in 1983, following an acrimonious argument with his bandmate Joey Molland over the royalties for the song, Evans hanged himself.
No Dice (Album)
| No Dice | |
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| Studio album by Badfinger | |
| Released | 9 November 1970 |
| Recorded | 18 April – 26 August 1970 |
| Studio | EMI and Trident in London |
| Genre | Power pop |
| Length | 40:00 |
| Label | Apple |
| Producer | Geoff Emerick, Mal Evans |
| Badfinger chronology | |
| Magic Christian Music (1970)No Dice (1970)Straight Up (1971) | |
| Singles from No Dice | |
| “No Matter What“ Released: 12 October 1970 | |
No Dice is the third studio album by the Welsh rock band Badfinger, issued by Apple Records and released on 9 November 1970. Their second album under the Badfinger name, but their first official album under that name, and first to include guitarist Joey Molland, No Dice significantly expanded the British group’s popularity, especially abroad. The album included both the hit single “No Matter What” and the song “Without You“, which would become a big hit for Harry Nilsson, and later a hit for Mariah Carey.
Background
Although this was the band’s second album released under the Badfinger name, the previous album, Magic Christian Music, was originally recorded as The Iveys but released as Badfinger. It was the band’s first album recorded after new guitarist Joey Molland joined the group, replacing bassist Ron Griffiths, but Molland’s addition caused Tom Evans to switch from rhythm guitar to bass. Badfinger would release five albums, generally their most successful recordings, with this line-up.
The model depicted on the album cover has never been formally identified. According to Molland, “the woman was a model hired by Gene Mahon and Richard DiLello for the shoot, they designed the cover, [and] we never actually met her.” When he asked DiLello about her “at a Beatlefest in the 70s,” DiLello gave her name as Kathy. (Molland’s own wife, Kathie, also worked as a model.)
Release
No Dice peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. Widely praised in music reviews at the time, Rolling Stone magazine opined that it represented what the Beatles would have sounded like had they retained their initial formula.
The single from this LP, “No Matter What“, peaked in the United States at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. The song is often regarded as an early offering in the power pop genre. The album also contains the original version of “Without You“. Although Badfinger did not release the song as a single in Europe or North America, it was taken to number 1 on the Billboard charts in 1972 by Harry Nilsson, and became a hit for Mariah Carey in 1994. “Without You” has been the top money-earner for Badfinger in publishing royalties, having been covered by over 200 artists.[7] The song was also picked to provide the title for Dan Matovina‘s 1997 biography Without You: The Tragic Story Of Badfinger.
In October 1991, No Dice was digitally remastered at Abbey Road Studio by Ron Furmanek. The remastered album was released in 1992 by Capitol Records and Apple, with five previously unreleased bonus tracks. Of the bonus tracks, “Friends Are Hard to Find” was an outtake from the same Mal Evans-produced session that saw the recording of “No Matter What” and “Believe Me”. “Get Down” was originally attempted with Evans, but the version here was recorded with Geoff Emerick. The three remaining tracks, “Mean, Mean Jemima”, “Loving You”, and “I’ll Be the One”, were recorded with Emerick between January and March 1971 (after the completion of No Dice) for the intended follow-up album that was never released.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Christgau’s Record Guide | B |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music |  |
| The Great Rock Discography | 7/10 |
| Mojo | |
| MusicHound Rock | 5/5 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| Tom Hull | B |
| Uncut | |
Reviewing for Creem in 1971, Mike Saunders wrote effusively about the album and the band itself: “Badfinger is one of the best songwriting groups around, one of the best singing groups anywhere, and now with an absolutely great lead guitarist in Pete Ham, they’re really one fucking whale of a group.” Robert Christgau was somewhat less enthusiastic, writing in Christgau’s Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981): “I don’t think these guys imitate the Beatles just so Paul will give them more hits — they’ve got hits of their own. But from the guitar parts (play ‘Better Days’ right after ‘I Feel Fine’) and harmonies (the Paul of ‘I’ve Just Seen a Face‘ atop the Paul of ‘Long Tall Sally‘) to concept and lineup, an imitation is what this is, modernized slightly via some relaxed countrification. They write almost well enough to get away with it, too. But somehow the song that stands out is ‘Blodwyn,’ a simulated (I think) English folk ditty about a swain and a spoon that has nothing to do with the Fab Four at all.”
Track listing
1970 LP: Side one
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | “I Can’t Take It” (Pete Ham) | 2:57 |
| 2. | “I Don’t Mind” (Tom Evans/Joey Molland) | 3:15 |
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| 3. | “Love Me Do” (Molland) | 3:00 |
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| 4. | “Midnight Caller” (Ham) | 2:50 |
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| 5. | “No Matter What” (Ham) | 3:01 |
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| 6. | “Without You” (Ham/Evans) | 4:43 |
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1970 LP: Side two
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | “Blodwyn” (Ham) | 3:26 |
| 2. | “Better Days” (Evans/Molland) | 4:01 |
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| 3. | “It Had to Be” (Mike Gibbins) | 2:29 |
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| 4. | “Watford John” (Evans/Gibbins/Ham/Molland) | 3:23 |
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| 5. | “Believe Me” (Evans) | 3:01 |
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| 6. | “We’re for the Dark” (Ham) | 3:55 |
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- Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–12 on CD reissues.
1992 CD bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | “Get Down” (Evans/Gibbins/Ham/Molland) | 3:43 |
| 14. | “Friends Are Hard to Find” (Molland) | 2:28 |
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| 15. | “Mean Mean Jemima” (Molland) | 3:41 |
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| 16. | “Loving You” (Gibbins) | 2:51 |
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| 17. | “I’ll Be the One” (Evans/Gibbins/Ham/Molland) | 2:54 |
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2010 CD bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 13. | “I Can’t Take It (Extended Version)” (Ham) | 4:14 |
| 14. | “Without You”(Mono Studio Demo Version) (Ham, Evans) | 3:57 |
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| 15. | “Photograph (Friends are Hard to Find)” (Molland) | 3:24 |
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| 16. | “Believe Me” (Alternate Version) (Evans) | 3:04 |
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| 17. | “No Matter What” (Mono Studio Demo Version) (Ham) | 2:57 |
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2010 digital bonus tracks
| 18. | “Love Me Do” (Instrumental Version) | 2:57 |
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| 19. | “Get Down” (Alternate Version) | 5:13 |
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Personnel
Badfinger
- Pete Ham – vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, piano, tack piano on “Midnight Caller”, Fender Rhodes electric piano on “Without You”
- Tom Evans – vocals, bass guitar
- Joey Molland – vocals, rhythm and lead guitars
- Mike Gibbins – drums, backing vocals on “It Had To Be”, lead vocals on “Loving You”
Additional personnel
- Geoff Emerick – producer
- Mal Evans – producer
- Mike Jarrett – mixing
- John Kurlander – engineer
- Richard Lush – engineer
- Keith Hodgson – additional session musician
- Steve Kolanijan – liner notes, sleeve notes
- Mike Jarratt – engineer, mixing
- Marcia McGovern – pre-production
- Roberta Ballard – production manager
- Gene Mahon – design
- Richard DiLello – design, photography
- ‘Kathy’ – cover model
- Ron Furmanek – digital mastering, mastering, mixing (CD re-release)
Charts
| Chart (1970) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Top LPs | 28 |
Harry Nilsson version
| “Without You” | |
|---|---|
| Side A of US vinyl single | |
| Single by Harry Nilsson | |
| from the album Nilsson Schmilsson | |
| B-side | “Gotta Get Up“ |
| Released | 11 October 1971 |
| Recorded | 1971 |
| Studio | Island, London |
| Genre | Soft rock |
| Length | 3:17 |
| Label | RCA |
| Songwriters | Pete Ham, Tom Evans |
| Producer | Richard Perry |
| Harry Nilsson singles chronology | |
| “Me and My Arrow“ (1971)”Without You“ (1971)”Jump into the Fire“ (1972) | |
Background and history
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Harry Nilsson, at the time best known for his hit “Everybody’s Talkin’“
and for composing “One“, recorded by Three Dog Night, heard Badfinger’s recording of “Without You” at a party, and mistook it for a Beatles song.
After realising it was not, he decided to cover the song for his 1971 album Nilsson Schmilsson. According to Breihan, “He wanted his version of the song to be a stark, heavy solo-piano thing, but [producer Richard] Perry convinced him to turn it into a grand, crashing, theatrical monster-ballad, complete with orchestra.” Gary Wright, who worked with Badfinger on George Harrison’s projects, played the piano. Also featured are Klaus Voormann (bass), Jim Keltner (drums) and John Uribe (acoustic guitar). The string and horn arrangements are by Paul Buckmaster.
Commercial performance
The single was released by RCA in the autumn of 1971, and it first charted on radio stations across the US in early December. “Without You” debuted at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 18 December 1971, and on its tenth week, in the chart dated 19 February 1972, started its four-week run at number one, as his only song to peak at that position. Billboard ranked it as the number-four single of 1972. The record topped Billboard‘s Easy Listening chart for five weeks.
The record spent five weeks at number one on the UK singles chart, beginning on 11 March, eventually selling almost 800,000 copies. It went to number one in several other countries, including Australia (for five weeks), Ireland (two weeks) and New Zealand (two weeks).
The single was re-released in 1976 where it went back to number one in Ireland for two weeks and peaked at #22 in the UK.
Critical reception
Billboard said it was “by far [Nilsson’s] most commercial driving rock ballad in some time.” Cashbox said of the single “Couple a winning Badfinger tune with Gary Wright’s piano and Nilsson’s wideranging voice, and you’ve got Harry’s biggest hit since ‘Everybody’s Talkin’.'” Record World said that “Nilsson’s brilliant rendition of this Badfinger song has more than enough of the stuff of which hits are made.” Breihan described the song as “going-for-it schmaltz,” compared with Badfinger’s “vaguely embarrassed schmaltz”, but basically considered it a “big and silly and down-the-middle breakup ballad.”
The single, Grammy-nominated for Record of the Year, was produced by Richard Perry, who later explained, “It was a different record for its time. It was a big ballad with a heavy backbeat, and although many artists have cut songs like it since, no one was doing it then.” In 1973, the single won Nilsson the Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male. While Nilsson rarely gave live concerts, he did perform the song with Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in September 1992.
In 1972 Evans said of finding out that Nilsson had recorded the song as a single:
We were in our studios in London. We’d gone through one of those periods where things weren’t going too well. This guy came in and said “Are you Badfinger? I’m Harry Nilsson. I’ve got this song to play for you.” It was his version of “Without You.” He said he was going to use it as a single. We’re thinking about other songs we can lay on him. No one had recorded any of our songs until then. It had been our ambition to write songs other people would record. It’s one of the most exciting things that has happened.
In 2021, this version was ranked 496th on Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Harry Nilsson track listing
Worldwide Single
- “Without You” – 3:17
- “Gotta Get Up” – 2:24
EP (Portugal)
- “Without You” – 3:17
- “The Moonbeam Song” – 3:18
- “Gotta Get Up” – 2:24
- “Jump into The Fire” – 3:32
Chart performance
Weekly charts
| Chart (1971–1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 1 |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 13 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 1 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary | 24 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100) | 10 |
| France Singles Chart | 46 |
| Ireland (IRMA) | 1 |
| Italy Singles Chart | 3 |
| New Zealand (Listener) | 1 |
| Philippines Singles Chart | 1 |
| South Africa Singles Chart | 2 |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) | 1 |
| West Germany (GfK) | 12 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (1972) | Rank |
|---|---|
| Australia | 2 |
| Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 44 |
| UK | 4 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 4 |
All-time charts
| Chart (1958–2018) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 446 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom (BPI) | Silver | 200,000‡ |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
| ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
According to the 1971 LP credits:
- Harry Nilsson – vocals
- Gary Wright – piano
- John Uribe – acoustic guitar
- Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Paul Buckmaster – string and French horn arrangements
Nilsson Schmilsson (Album)
| Nilsson Schmilsson | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by Nilsson | |
| Released | November 11, 1971 |
| Recorded | January–June 1971 |
| Studio | Trident and Island, London RCA, Hollywood |
| Genre | Rockpop |
| Length | 35:17 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Producer | Richard Perry |
| Nilsson chronology | |
| Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (1971)Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)Son of Schmilsson (1972) | |
| Singles from Nilsson Schmilsson | |
| “Without You” / “Gotta Get Up“ Released: October 11, 1971″Jump into the Fire” / “The Moonbeam Song” Released: March 1972″Coconut” / “Down” Released: June 1972 | |
Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Blender | |
| Christgau’s Record Guide | A |
| The Essential Rock Discography | 8/10 |
| MusicHound | 4/5 |
| Pitchfork | 9.4/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| The Village Voice | A− |
Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh studio album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records on November 11, 1971. It was Nilsson’s most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs. Among these was the number 1 hit “Without You“, written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the group Badfinger. The album was the first of two Nilsson albums recorded in London and produced by Richard Perry.
“Jump into the Fire” and “Coconut“, both written by Nilsson, also became hits. The album performed well at the 1973 Grammy Awards, earning a nomination for Album of the Year, while “Without You” won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In 2006, Nilsson Schmilsson was ranked number 84 on Pitchfork‘s “Top 100 Albums of the 1970s”. The album was ranked #281 in the 2020 revision of Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Harry Nilsson, except where noted.
Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | “Gotta Get Up“ | 2:24 |
| 2. | “Driving Along” | 2:02 |
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| 3. | “Early in the Morning“ | Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan, Dallas Bartley | 2:48 |
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| 4. | “The Moonbeam Song” | 3:18 |
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| 5. | “Down” | 3:24 |
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Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | “Without You“ | Pete Ham, Tom Evans | 3:17 |
| 7. | “Coconut“ | 3:48 |
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| 8. | “Let the Good Times Roll“ | Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee | 2:42 |
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| 9. | “Jump into the Fire“ | 6:54 |
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| 10. | “I’ll Never Leave You” | 4:11 |
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Additional tracks (2004 edition)
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | “Si No Estás Tú” (Spanish version of “Without You”) | 3:14 |
| 12. | “How Can I Be Sure of You” | 3:04 |
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| 13. | “The Moonbeam Song” (Demo version) | 3:30 |
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| 14. | “Lamaze” | 1:44 |
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| 15. | “Old Forgotten Soldier” (Demo version) | 2:41 |
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| 16. | “Gotta Get Up” (Demo version) | 2:25 |
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| 17. | “Interview with Richard Perry” (Hidden track) | 2:41 |
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Personnel
According to the 1971 LP credits:
- Harry Nilsson – vocals; piano on 1, 5, 8, 10; Mellotron on 2, 4; organ on 3; harmonica on 8; electric piano on 9
- Jim Gordon – drums on 1, 2, 4, 7, 9; percussion on 7, 9
- Klaus Voormann – bass guitar on 1, 5, 6, 8; rhythm guitar on 2, 9; acoustic guitar on 4
- Chris Spedding – guitar on 1, 5, 8, 9
- Herbie Flowers – bass guitar on 2, 4, 7, 9
- John Uribe – acoustic guitar on 2, 4, 6; lead guitar on 2, 9
Additional personnel
- Henry Krein – accordion on 1
- Richard Perry – percussion on 1, Mellotron on 2
- Jim Price – trumpet on 1, 5; trombone on 1, 5; horn arrangements on 1, 5
- Jim Keltner – drums on 5, 6, 8
- Roger Coulam – organ on 5
- Bobby Keys – saxophone on 5
- Gary Wright – piano on 6, organ on 8
- Paul Buckmaster – string and horn arrangements on 6
- Roger Pope – drums on 7
- Bill Linnane – piano on 1
- Caleb Quaye – guitar on 7
- Ian Duck – acoustic guitar on 7
- Jim Webb – piano on 9
- George Tipton – string and horn arrangements on 10
Technical
- Robin Geoffrey Cable – engineer (Trident Studios)
- Richie Schmitt – engineer (RCA Studios)
- Phill Brown – additional engineer (Island Studios)
- Acy Lehman – graphics
- Dean Torrence – photography
Charts
| Chart (1972) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report) | 2 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 3 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | 20,000^ |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000^ |
| ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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| 1973 Grammy Awards | “Without You“ | Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance | Won |
| “Without You“ | Grammy Award for Record of the Year | Nominated | |
| “Nilsson Schmilsson” | Grammy Award for Album of the Year | Nominated | |
| “Nilsson Schmilsson” | Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical | Nominated |
Mariah Carey version
| “Without You” | |
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| Single by Mariah Carey | |
| from the album Music Box | |
| A-side | “Never Forget You” (double A-side) |
| Released | January 21, 1994 |
| Studio | Right Track Recording (New York City) Record Plant (Sausalito, California) |
| Genre | Pop R&B |
| Length | 3:36 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriters | Pete Ham Tom Evans |
| Producers | Walter Afanasieff Mariah Carey |
| Mariah Carey singles chronology | |
| “Hero“ (1993)”Without You“ (1994)”Never Forget You“ (1994) | |
American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey‘s version, based on Harry Nilsson’s version rather than the Badfinger original, was released as the third single off Music Box in the first quarter of 1994. Its US release date of 21 January 1994 by Columbia Records fell a week after Nilsson’s death following a heart attack on 15 January 1994. In the US “Without You” was promoted as a double A-side with “Never Forget You“. While she had heard Nilsson’s version as a very young girl, Carey’s decision to remake his hit was based on a chance hearing during the recording of Music Box: “I heard that song in a restaurant and just knew it would be a huge international hit” recalls Carey. Carey’s version has been considered very popular on talent shows. “Without You” was later included on some non-US pressings of her compilation albums #1’s (1998) and #1 to Infinity (2015), and her 2001 compilation, Greatest Hits. “Without You” was also included on her 2008 compilation The Ballads.
“Without You” reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks. “Without You” remains Carey’s biggest hit across Europe. In the United Kingdom, where Carey had yet to score a number one hit, “Without You” made its UK chart debut at number one where it remained for four weeks in total, and later ended as the 7th best-selling single of 1994 in the United Kingdom. It topped the European Hot 100 Singles chart for two weeks and reached number one for ten weeks in Switzerland; eight weeks in Austria and Sweden; seven weeks in Belgium; five weeks in Ireland and the Netherlands; four weeks in Germany and Iceland; and two weeks in Scotland.
Other versions
- In 1975: Ruby Winters – U.S. R&B No. 95
- In 1977: Susie Allanson on the album A Little Love – U.S. C&W No. 77 (1979)
- In 1983: Herman van Veen on the album On Broadway
- In 1983 T. G. Sheppard from the album Greatest Hits – U.S. C&W No. 12
- In 1991: Air Supply on the album The Earth Is… – U.S. AC No. 48
- In 2008: Valentina Hasan, a contestant auditioning for the Bulgarian singing competition Music Idol, interpreted the song as “Ken Lee”
- Shirley Bassey
- Glen Campbell
ASCAP and Ivor Novello recognition
On 15 May 1995, at ASCAP‘s twelfth annual Pop Music Awards in Beverly Hills, California, “Without You” was recognised as one of the 50 most-played songs of 1994 (due largely to Mariah Carey’s recording). Discrepancies in ASCAP’s books, resulting from a lawsuit against the Ham and Evans estates by their former manager, incorrectly attributed the song as being composed not only by Ham and Evans, but also by Badfinger’s other bandmembers, Mike Gibbins and Joey Molland, and their former manager, Bill Collins. This designation and a lack of correction by ASCAP prompted the Ham Estate to boycott the ceremony. The song was also nominated for “Song of the Year” in London at the Ivor Novello Awards.
Without You may refer to :
Music
Albums
- Without You (EP), by Lauv, 2020
Songs
Before 1980
- “Without You”, from the musical My Fair Lady, 1956
- “Without You”, by Cliff Richard from 21 Today, 1961
- “Without You”, by Manfred Mann from Manfred Mann’s Cock-a-Hoop, 1964
- “Without You”, by Crispian St. Peters from Follow Me…, 1966
- “Without You”, by Fleetwood Mac, written by Danny Kirwan, from Then Play On, 1969
- “Without You”, by Paul Revere & the Raiders, B-side to the single “Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon“, 1969
- “Without You”, by the Doobie Brothers from The Captain and Me, 1973
- “Without You”, by Janis Ian from Stars, 1974
- “Without You (There Ain’t No Love at All)”, by Yvonne Elliman from Love Me, 1977
- “Without You”, by Lynsey De Paul from Tigers and Fireflies, 1979
1980s
- “Without You”, by the Marshall Tucker Band from Tenth, 1980
- “Without You”, by Asia from Asia, 1982
- “Without You”, by Eurogliders from Pink Suit Blue Day, 1982
- “Without You (Not Another Lonely Night)“, by Franke and the Knockouts, 1982
- “Without You”, by Chaz Jankel from Chazablanca, 1983
- “Without You”, by Gordon Lightfoot from Salute, 1983
1990s
- “Without You”, by Giant from Time to Burn, 1992
- “Without You”, by All-4-One from All-4-One, 1994
- “Without You”, by Bruce Springsteen from Blood Brothers, 1996
- “Without You”, from the musical Rent, 1996
- “Without You”, by Bic Runga from Drive, 1997
- “Without You”, by Samantha Cole, 1997
- “Without You”, by Corey Hart from Jade, 1998
- “Without You”, by Nicole Wray from the Why Do Fools Fall in Love film soundtrack, 1998
- “Without You”, by Angie Stone from Black Diamond, 1999
- “Without You”, by Lenny Kravitz from 5, 1999 reissue
2000s
- “Without You”, by Jagged Edge from Jagged Little Thrill, 2001
- “Without You”, by Vision of Disorder from From Bliss to Devastation, 2001
- “Without You”, by Busted from Busted, 2002
- “Without You”, by Donna de Lory from Songs 95, 2002
- “Without You”, by Laura Pausini from From the Inside, 2002
- “Without You”, by Default from Elocation, 2003
- “Without You”, by Re-union, representing Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
- “Without You”, by Dogzilla, 2005
- “Without You”, by Third Day from Wherever You Are, 2005
- “Without You”, by Yoshiki from Eternal Melody II, 2005
- “Without You”, by Ayọ from Joyful, 2006
- “Without You”, by Christina Aguilera from Back to Basics, 2006
- “Without You”, by Mad Caddies from Keep It Going, 2007
- “Without You”, by Social Code from Social-Code, 2007
- “Without You”, by Kevin Rudolf from In the City, 2008
- “Without You”, by Mark Gormley, 2008
- “Without You”, by Bury Your Dead from It’s Nothing Personal, 2009
- “Without You”, by Breaking Benjamin from Dear Agony, 2009
- “Without You”, by Erika Jayne from Pretty Mess, 2009
- “Without You”, by Pixie Lott from Turn It Up, 2009
- “Without You”, by Three Days Grace from Life Starts Now, 2009
2010s
- “Without You”, by Falco from Falco 3, 2010 reissue
- “Without You”, by Keke Wyatt from Who Knew?, 2010
- “Without You”, by My Darkest Days from My Darkest Days, 2010
- “Without You”, by We Are the Fallen from Tear the World Down, 2010
- “Without You”, by Eddie Vedder from Ukulele Songs, 2011
- “Without You”, by Ashes Remain from What I’ve Become, 2011
- “Without You”, by Brandy Norwood from Two Eleven, 2012
- “Without You”, by Lana Del Rey from Born to Die, 2012
- “Without You”, by Y’akoto, co-written by Tom Hugo, 2012
- “Without You” (Blue song), written by Wayne Hector, Mich Hansen, Jason Gill, Daniel Davidsen, Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Antony Costa, and Simon Webbe, 2013
- “Without You”, by Dillon Francis and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, 2013
- “Without You”, by Jeremy Camp from Reckless, 2013
- “Without You”, by For King & Country from Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong., 2014
- “Without You”, by Lil Wayne featuring Bibi Bourelly from Free Weezy Album, 2015
- “Without You”, by Oh Wonder from Oh Wonder, 2015
- “Without You”, by Anderson Paak from Malibu, 2016
- “Without You”, by Marcus & Martinus from Together, 2016
- “Without You”, by the Rua, 2016
- “Without You”, by Andra featuring David Bisbal, 2016
- ”Without You”, by Slander & Kayzo from Dilapidation Celebration, 2017
- “Without You”, by X Japan from We Are X, 2017
- “Without You”, by Alexandra Burke from The Truth Is, 2018
- “Without You”, by Cashmere Cat from Princess Catgirl, 2019
- “Without You”, by Issues from Beautiful Oblivion, 2019
- “Without You”, by Westlife from Spectrum, 2019
2020s
- “Without You” by Whitechapel from Kin, 2021
- “Without You” by For the Fallen Dreams from For the Fallen Dreams, 2023
- “Without You” by Quavo, 2023
- “Without You” by Casey Lee Williams from the 2024 animated web series Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings
- “Without You” by Attack Attack! from Attack Attack! II, 2025
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