Chances Are | |
Cover: | Chances Are (1957 Johnny Mathis single) US cover.jpg |
Caption: | US 7-inch single picture sleeve |
Type: | Single |
Artist: | Johnny Mathis |
B-Side: | The Twelfth of Never |
Released: | August 12, 1957 |
Recorded: | 1957 |
Studio: | Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City |
Genre: | Pop |
Length: | 2:57 |
Label: | Columbia |
Composer: | Robert Allen |
Lyricist: | Al Stillman |
Prev Title: | It's Not for Me to Say |
Prev Year: | 1957 |
Next Title: | Wild Is the Wind |
Next Year: | 1957 |
"Chances Are" is a popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman. It was published in 1957.
The song was one of many compositions by the Stillman-Allen team that were chart hits in the 1950s.[1] It was listed on Billboards "Most Played by Jockeys" survey for Johnny Mathis,[2] charting in 1957, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998.[3] The song reached No. 4 on Billboards Best Sellers in Stores survey, along with its flip "The Twelfth of Never", which Mathis initially disliked. The song, released on both 45 RPM and 78 RPM formats, was also included on the 1958 Mathis compilation Johnny's Greatest Hits. The album was certified a gold record on June 5, 1959.[4] In Canada, the song reached number 3 on the CHUM Charts.[5]