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<p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/QH6X/d586de6257_GQRK_media.gif"></p><p><br></p><p>Spin The Genre</p><p>Round 2 - Chose #2 = Blues</p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Even Now</strong>" is a 1978 song by American adult contemporary and pop music singer Barry Manilow. It is the title track from his 1978 album, and Manilow wrote the music and co-produced the track with Ron Dante. The words were written by Marty Panzer.</p><p>Released as the second single from the album, "Even Now" became a top 20 hit on the <em>Billboard</em> Hot 100 chart in June 1978, peaking at No. 19<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_Now_(Barry_Manilow_song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^]</a> It became Manilow's ninth song to reach number one on the <em>Billboard</em> easy listening chart, spending three weeks atop the chart beginning May 27, 1978.</p><p><em>Billboard</em> described "Even Now" as "one of Manilow's classiest efforts." <em>Cash Box</em> said that "Barry reaches shivering moments."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even_Now_(Barry_Manilow_song)#cite_note-cb-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">^]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Record World</em></a> called it "an emotional, sentimental ballad in [Manilow's] trademark style."</p><p>In his autobiography <em>Sweet Life</em>, Manilow said that the song was "one of my personal favorites, which never fails to move me. It reminded me of the great times I had collaborating with" Marty Panzer, with whom the singer had worked previously. The lyrics of this song describe the remorse and regret felt by the lyricist over leaving a woman with whom he had a great relationship with for a much better life with a different woman, even though his instincts told him that it wasn't the right move to make. </p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/UQPD/70ab4c742d_MJT5_media.gif"></p>