Do n't Give up on Us ( song ) - wikipedia Do n't Give up on Us ( song ) `` Do n't Give Up on Us '' Single by David Soul B - side `` Black Bean Soup '' Released 1976 ( UK ) January 1977 ( U.S. ) Format 7 '' Recorded 1976 Genre Soft rock Length 3 : 32 Label Private Stock Songwriter ( s ) Tony Macaulay Producer ( s ) Tony Macaulay David Soul singles chronology `` Do n't Give Up on Us '' ( 1976 ) `` Going in With My Eyes Open '' ( 1977 ) `` Do n't Give Up on Us '' ( 1976 ) `` Going in With My Eyes Open '' ( 1977 ) `` Do n't Give Up on Us '' is a song by American - British singer David Soul. Riding high on the success of playing in the hit TV show Starsky and Hutch, Soul returned to one of his early career choices as a singer. His debut, the Tony Macaulay - written - and - produced `` Do n't Give Up on Us '' was a worldwide smash, spending four weeks at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in January and February 1977, and a single week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1977. In addition, the song spent one week at No. 1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. It has sold 1.16 million copies in the UK. Its B - side, `` Black Bean Soup '', was a duet with actress Lynne Marta, whom Soul was involved with at the time. `` Do n't Give Up on Us '' was rated No. 93 in VH1 's 100 Greatest One - Hit Wonders because, despite having more hits in the UK, Soul was never again able to reach the top forty in the US. Soul recorded a new version of the song in 2004, allegedly after being embarrassed when hearing it by chance in an elevator as sung by Owen Wilson in the film version of Starsky and Hutch. Zsa Zsa Padilla revived this in 1998, making it the first Filipino revival. Piolo Pascual also covered this song for the soundtrack of the film of the same title in the Philippines. The song was also used in the film Johnny English Reborn ( 2011 ). Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 1.3 Decade - end charts 2 References 3 External links Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1976 -- 77 ) Peak position Australia Canada RPM Top Singles Canada RPM Adult Contemporary Irish Singles Chart New Zealand Singles Chart UK US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1977 ) Rank Australia 11 Canada 20 New Zealand UK US Billboard Hot 100 29 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 22 US Cash Box Top 100 40 Decade - end charts Chart ( 1970 - 79 ) Rank UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 9 Preceded by `` When a Child Is Born ( Soleado ) '' by Johnny Mathis UK Singles Chart number - one single January 15, 1977 ( four weeks ) Succeeded by `` Do n't Cry for Me Argentina '' by Julie Covington Preceded by `` Southern Nights '' by Glen Campbell Billboard Easy Listening Singles number - one single April 9, 1977 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Right Time of the Night '' by Jennifer Warnes Preceded by `` Dancing Queen '' by ABBA Billboard Hot 100 number - one single April 16, 1977 ( one week ) Succeeded by `` Do n't Leave Me This Way '' by Thelma Houston References ^ Jump up to : `` David Soul - Do n't Give Up On Us ( Vinyl ) at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 27. Jump up ^ `` VH1 's 40 Most Softsational Soft - Rock Songs ''. Stereogum. SpinMedia. May 31, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 335 -- 6. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 227. Jump up ^ Ami Sedghi ( 4 November 2012 ). `` UK 's million - selling singles : the full list ''. Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012. ^ Jump up to : Steffen Hung. `` Forum - 1970 ( ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts ) ''. Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016 - 06 - 02. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` NZ Top 40 Singles Chart The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1977 - 04 - 03. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2015 - 01 - 20. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ `` Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada ''. Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Top Selling Singles of 1977 The Official New Zealand Music Chart ''. Nztop40.co.nz. 1977 - 12 - 31. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` 1970s Singles Chart Archive ''. EveryHit.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1977 / Top 100 Songs of 1977 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ Billboard. Books.google.com. 1977 - 12 - 24. p. Front cover. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2016 - 03 - 04. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Chart Archive -- 1970s Singles ''. everyHit.com. Retrieved June 18, 2016. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Don%27t_Give_Up_on_Us_(song)&oldid=784178849 '' Categories : 1976 singles David Soul songs UK Singles Chart number - one singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Adult Contemporary number - one singles Songs written by Tony Macaulay 1976 songs Private Stock Records singles Pop ballads Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from March 2014 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 6 June 2017, at 22 : 24. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote don't give up on us baby
Answer: Tony Macaulay