Single:
Slipping Away entered the Australian singles chart* on 1 December 1975 and peaked at #2. The song was #21 on the Top 100 of 1976.
Album:
The song is on A Little Easier which entered the Australian albums chart* on 27 October 1975 and peaked at #10.
Songwriter:
Max Merritt
Producer:
Del Newman
Record label of Australian release:
Arista
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
BONUS CLIP BELOW – live version
Wikipedia:
Max Merritt rose to prominence in New Zealand from 1958 and relocated to Sydney, Australia, in December 1964. He was acknowledged as one of the best local performers of the 1960s and 1970s and his influence did much to popularise soul music / R&B and rock in New Zealand and Australia.
In London from early 1971, the group played the UK pub circuit, initially with little success but their popularity slowly grew and they supported Slade and the Moody Blues on their tours. In 1974, however, the Meteors fell apart, leaving Merritt and Stewie Speer (drums) to recruit John Gourd on guitar, slide guitar and piano; Howard Deniz on bass and Barry Duggan on sax and flute. This line-up was signed by US-based Arista Records for their newly established UK label and released A Little Easier with the title single A Little Easier in 1975. Slippin’ Away was their second single from the album and captured the attention of radio listeners back home in Australia and New Zealand, reaching #2 in Australia and #5 in New Zealand.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Merritt
Lyrics:
Baby, I’ve been watchin’ you (baby, I’ve been watchin’ you)
Watchin’ everything you do (watchin’ everything you do)
And I just can’t help the feelin’
Someone else is stealin’ you away from me
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BONUS CLIP
Max Merritt during a soundcheck for the Melbourne Music Festival in 1988: Slipping Away and Western Union Man
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