You and Me Against the World ( song ) - Wikipedia You and Me Against the World ( song ) `` You and Me Against the World '' Single by Helen Reddy from the album Love Song for Jeffrey B - side `` Love Song For Jeffrey '' Released June 17, 1974 Format 7 '' Genre Traditional pop Length 3 : 08 Label Capitol, Today Records Songwriter ( s ) Kenny Ascher, Paul Williams Producer ( s ) Tom Catalano Helen Reddy singles chronology `` Keep on Singing '' ( 1974 ) `` You and Me Against the World '' ( 1974 ) `` Angie Baby '' ( 1975 ) `` Keep on Singing '' ( 1974 ) `` You and Me Against the World '' ( 1974 ) `` Angie Baby '' ( 1975 ) `` You and Me Against the World '' is a song written by Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams, recorded by Helen Reddy for her 1974 album Love Song for Jeffrey. `` You and Me Against the World '' was the first song written by Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams and began as a gag song : Williams and Ascher, a member of Williams 's band, had a discussion about their favorite songwriters which led to the spontaneous composition of a song on the subject whose tune, Ascher then realized, had real hit potential. Williams himself debuted `` You and Me Against the World '' on his 1974 album Here Comes Inspiration, singing it as a traditional love ballad. Helen Reddy considered the song 's lyrics too `` paternalistic '' to be convincing as a woman 's declaration of love for a man ; instead, she interpreted the song as a mother singing to a child, which her version clarified by her daughter Traci 's speaking to `` Mommy '' at the start and end. Released as the second single from Love Song For Jeffrey, `` You and Me Against the World '' reached # 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1974 and became the fourth of Reddy 's six consecutive Adult Contemporary Number Ones. The song did equally well in Canada. Contents 1 Charts 1.1 Weekly charts 1.2 Year - end charts 2 Cover versions 3 See also 4 References Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Canada ( RPM ) Top Singles 9 Canada ( RPM ) Adult Contemporary U.S. Billboard Hot 100 9 U.S. Billboard Easy Listening U.S. Cash Box Top 100 10 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Canada RPM Top Singles 113 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 57 Cover versions `` You and Me Against the World '' had also been recorded by Ann Burton, Robert Goulet, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Vera Lynn, Johnny Mathis, Matt Monro, and Matt Monro Jr. A Swedish rendering, `` Du Och Jag Emot En Värld '', was recorded by Lill - Babs. See also List of number - one adult contemporary singles of 1974 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ Reddy, Helen ( 2006 ). The Woman I Am : a memoir. New York : The Penguin Group. p. 157. ISBN 1 - 58542 - 489 - 7. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2002 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 - 2001. Record Research. p. 201. Jump up ^ RPM Top Singles, September 14, 1974 Jump up ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, August 24, 1974 Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1993 ). Top Adult Contemporary : 1961 -- 1993. Record Research. p. 197. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Jump up ^ `` 1973 Year End ''. Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. Helen Reddy Studio albums I Do n't Know How to Love Him Helen Reddy I Am Woman Long Hard Climb Love Song for Jeffrey Free and Easy No Way to Treat a Lady Music, Music Ear Candy We 'll Sing in the Sunshine Reddy Take What You Find Play Me Out Imagination Feel So Young Center Stage The Best Christmas Ever Live albums Live in London Compilations Helen Reddy 's Greatest Hits All - Time Greatest Hits The Best of Helen Reddy I Am Woman : The Essential Helen Reddy Collection Absolutely the Best of Helen Reddy The Woman I Am : The Definitive Collection Rarities from the Capitol Vaults Singles `` One Way Ticket '' `` I Do n't Know How to Love Him '' `` Crazy Love '' `` I Am Woman '' `` Peaceful '' `` Delta Dawn '' `` Leave Me Alone ( Ruby Red Dress ) '' `` Keep On Singing '' `` You and Me Against the World '' `` Angie Baby '' `` Emotion '' `` Ai n't No Way to Treat a Lady '' `` Somewhere in the Night '' `` I Ca n't Hear You No More '' `` You 're My World '' `` Candle on the Water '' `` We 'll Sing in the Sunshine '' Related articles Discography Toni Lamond Tony Sheldon `` Voices That Care '' Book : Helen Reddy This 1970s pop song - related article is a stub. 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Question: who wrote you and me against the world
Answer: Kenny Ascher