Single:
Last Song entered the Australian singles chart* on 5 March 1973 and peaked at #2. It was #25 on the Top 100 of 1973.
Album:
The song is on Edward Bear’s 1973 self-titled third album.
Songwriter:
Larry Evoy
Producer:
Gene Martynec
Record label of Australian release:
Capitol
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Edward Bear was a Toronto-based Canadian pop-rock group, best known for Last Song and Close Your Eyes. Both songs made the Top 100 in Australia, reaching #2 and #73 respectively. Last Song was also their biggest hit in Canada, making #1.
In an interview published on the website for the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Last Song composer Larry Evoy states that the song was inspired by his own personal experience. “It was written over a period of time and was literal. I would actually go to sleep with my light on, hoping that she’d think I was still awake and would drop by, and she did.”
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bear and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Song_(Edward_Bear_song)
Lyrics:
Did you know I’d go to sleep and leave the lights on?
Hopin’ you’d come by and know that I was home, still awake
But two years go by and still my light’s on
This is hard for me to say, but this is all that I can take
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