New Looks from an Old Lover

1983 single by B. J. Thomas

"New Looks from an Old Lover"

Single by B. J. Thomas
from the album  New Looks
B-side| "You Keep the Man in Me Happy (And the Child in Me Alive)"
Released| July 9, 1983
Genre| Country
Label| Columbia
Songwriter(s)| Red Lane, Gloria Thomas, Lathan Hudson
Producer(s)| Pete Drake
B. J. Thomas singles chronology
| "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love"
(1983)  | "New Looks from an Old Lover"
(1983)  | "Two Car Garage"
(1983)

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"New Looks from an Old Lover" is a song recorded by American country music artist B. J. Thomas. It was released in July 1983 as the second single from the album New Looks. "New Looks from an Old Lover" was Thomas' third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart.[1] It was Thomas' final number one hit on the U.S. charts. The song was written by Thomas' wife Gloria, along with Red Lane and Lathan Hudson.

The single was distributed on a vinyl 7-inch, 45 rpm phonograph record and is from the 1983 album New Looks, which hit number 13 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, released on vinyl LP and cassette tape.[2] The song was also released on several other albums from Thomas including Wind Beneath My Wings in 1995 (CD and cassette), The Best of B.J. Thomas: New Looks and Old Fashioned Love in 2000 (CD) and as an acoustic arrangement in a duet with Etta Britt on The Living Room Sessions in 2013 (CD and digital download).[3]

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1983)  | Peak
position

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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks  | 6

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1983)  | Position

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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 18

## References

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1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 343.
2. ^ "New Looks". AllMusic. 1983. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
3. ^ "New Looks From an Old Lover". AllMusic. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
4. ^ "B. J. Thomas Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
5. ^ "1984 Talent Almanat" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 95, no. 51\. December 24, 1983. p. TA-24. Retrieved June 19, 2021.

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B. J. Thomas

* Discography

Albums|

* On My Way
* Longhorns & Londonbridges
* Reunion
* You Gave Me Love (When Nobody Gave Me a Prayer)
* Love Shines
* The Living Room Sessions

Singles|

* "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
* "Mama"
* "Hooked on a Feeling"
* "It's Only Love"
* "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"
* "I Just Can't Help Believing"
* "Most of All"
* "No Love at All"
* "Long Ago Tomorrow"
* "Rock and Roll Lullaby"
* "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
* "Don't Worry Baby"
* "What a Difference You've Made"
* "I Recall a Gypsy Woman"
* "Whatever Happened to Old-Fashioned Love"
* "New Looks from an Old Lover"
* "Two Car Garage"
* "Night Life"
* "The Part of Me That Needs You Most"

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