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1982 single by Tavares
"A Penny for Your Thoughts"
Single by Tavares
from the album New Directions
B-side"The Skin You're In"
ReleasedSeptember 1982
GenreSoul
Length3:52
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Kenny Nolan
Producer(s)Jay Senter, Kenny Nolan
Tavares singles chronology
"Loveline"
(1981) 		"A Penny for Your Thoughts"
(1982) 		"Got to Find My Way Back to You"
(1983)

"A Penny for Your Thoughts" is a song by R&B/disco group Tavares in 1982, originally recorded by Marion Jarvis in 1975. It was written by Kenny Nolan.

Released from their 1982 album New Directions, the song became Tavares's eighth and final US Top 40 hit, peaking at number 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 28 on the Cash Box Top 100.

Unlike all of their bigger hits, "A Penny for Your Thoughts" did not chart in Canada. Three collections of the group's work were issued during the early 2000s by Capitol Records, however, because of their label change to RCA the song was not included among their other hits.

The B-side of the 45, "The Skin You're In", was also written by Nolan. "A Penny for Your Thoughts" was his ninth of 10 compositions to become U.S. chart hits. Ten years later Atlantic Starr would reach the Top 10 with Nolan's song, "Masterpiece."

At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards "A Penny For Your Thoughts" received a nomination for Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal.

Charts

Chart (1982–83) Peak
position
Australia 60
Netherlands 45
New Zealand 17
US Billboard Hot 100 33
US Adult Contemporary 15
US R&B 16
US Cash Box Top 100 28

References

  1. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  2. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, December 25, 1982". Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  3. "Tavares-Artist-GRAMMY.com". 10 October 2023.
  4. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. Billboard Adult Contemporary Music Chart, January 29, 1983
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 567.
  7. "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles, December 25, 1982". Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

External links

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