You Take My Breath Away ( Rex Smith song ) - Wikipedia You Take My Breath Away ( Rex Smith song ) `` You Take My Breath Away '' Single by Rex Smith from the album Sooner or Later B - side `` You 're Never Too Old to Rock & Roll '' Released April 1979 Format 7 '' single Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 19 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Bruce Hart Stephen Lawrence Producer ( s ) Charles Calello Stephen Lawrence Rex Smith singles chronology `` You Take My Breath Away '' ( 1979 ) `` Everlasting Love '' ( 1981 ) `` You Take My Breath Away '' ( 1979 ) `` Everlasting Love '' ( 1981 ) `` You Take My Breath Away '' is the 1979 debut single by singer - actor Rex Smith and the first release from his third studio album Sooner or Later which is also featured in the 1979 made - for - television film of the same title starring Smith and Denise Miller. It was produced by Charles Calello and Stephen Lawrence, and written by Lawrence and Bruce Hart. The song reached number ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1979 for two weeks ( dated on June 23 ) and spent two weeks at number seven on the Cash Box Top 100. It also peaked at number 11 on the Adult Contemporary chart. The song was certified Gold. In Canada, `` You Take My Breath Away '' reached as high as number three. References Jump up ^ Billboard.com Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2016 - 06 - 11. Retrieved 2016 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 222. Jump up ^ Ed Hogan. `` Sooner or Later - Rex Smith Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 15. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 15. This 1970s pop song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Take_My_Breath_Away_(Rex_Smith_song)&oldid=835270949 '' Categories : 1979 singles Rex Smith songs Columbia Records singles Songs written for films Songs written by Bruce Hart ( songwriter ) Songs with music by Stephen J. Lawrence 1970s pop song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 7 April 2018, at 17 : 12. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who sings the song you take my breath away
Answer: Rex Smith