Too Late to Turn Back Now ( song ) - wikipedia Too Late to Turn Back Now ( song ) `` Too Late to Turn Back Now '' Single by Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose from the album Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose B - side `` Lift Your Love Higher '' Released May 1972 Format Vinyl record Recorded 1970 Genre R&B Label United Artists UA 50910 Songwriter ( s ) Eddie Cornelius Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose singles chronology `` Treat Her Like a Lady '' ( 1971 ) Treat Her Like a Lady 1971 `` Too Late to Turn Back Now '' ( 1972 ) Too Late to Turn Back Now1972 `` Do n't Ever Be Lonely '' ( 1973 ) Do n't Ever Be Lonely1973 `` Too Late to Turn Back Now '' is the 1972 follow - up single of Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose to their debut hit `` Treat Her Like a Lady ''. The single had previously been released in 1970 on the Platinum label. Written by Eddie Cornelius, the song had great success upon its re-release, peaking at # 5 in the U.S. R&B, # 2 in the Billboard Hot 100, and # 1 in Cash Box 's chart of the Top 100 Singles for the week of July 29, 1972. `` Too Late to Turn Back Now '' is ranked as the 34th biggest U.S. hit of 1972. The record was awarded a gold disc on 2 August 1972 for one million sales by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ). Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly singles charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Chart run 3 References 4 External links Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1972 ) Peak position Canada New Zealand ( Listener ) 20 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 6 U.S. Cashbox Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1972 ) Rank U.S. Billboard Hot 100 34 Canada 61 Chart run Billboard Hot 100 ( 14 weeks, entered May 27 ) : Reached # 2 in July ( 2 weeks ) Cashbox Top 100 ( 15 weeks, entered May 20 ) : 87, 69, 59, 36, 15, 10, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1, 5, 12, 24, 71 References Jump up ^ ( 1 ) ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 1997 ). Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles. Menomonee Falls, WI : Record Research Inc. p. 133. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 122 - 5. Jump up ^ Murrells, Joseph ( 1978 ). The Book of Golden Discs ( 2nd ed. ). London : Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. pp. 291 and 310. ISBN 0 - 214 - 20512 - 6. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` flavour of new zealand - search listener ''. Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Music lyrics, charts, Games, & more ''. Top40db.net. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 59. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1972 / Top 100 Songs of 1972 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ ( 3 ) Jump up ^ Hoffmann, Frank ( 1983 ). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950 - 1981. Metuchen, NJ & London : The Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 130. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Too_Late_to_Turn_Back_Now_(song)&oldid=806420906 '' Categories : 1972 singles Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose songs United Artists Records singles Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 21 October 2017, at 22 : 45. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang it's too late to turn back now
Answer: Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose