Let's Keep It That Way
Let's Keep It That Way is the 12th studio album by Anne Murray, released in February 1978. On the Canadian charts the album topped both the country and pop album charts. In the U.S., the album returned Murray to the top ten on the country album charts, a place she had not been since 1974's "Highly Prized Possession"; on the pop album charts, the album reached No. 12 (it would ultimately be the highest-charting album of Murray's career on the pop album charts). Two singles were released from the album : first, a cover of the Everly Brothers' hit "Walk Right Back", which reached No. 4 on the U.S. country singles charts. The second single released, "You Needed Me", would ultimately become one of the biggest hits of Murray's career, topping all three Canadian charts; in the U.S. it reached No. 1 on the U.S. pop singles charts (becoming Murray's sole chart-topper on the Hot 100 charts), as well as #4 on the country singles charts, and #3 on the A/C charts. This track was also included in the UK issue of her next album, "New Kind  of Feeling". In addition to the two singles, the title track received substantial Adult Contemporary airplay as an album cut. "You Needed Me" won Anne the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. In 1979, Juice Newton released her version of the song "Let's Keep It That Way " as a single. It became Newton's first Top 40 hit, reaching #37 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Mac Davis would later record the title song, "Let's Keep It That Way", taking his version to the top ten on the U.S. country singles chart in 1980. The  album's cover photo was taken by Murray's then-husband, Bill Langstroth. Nancy Sinatra recorded a cover of "Let's Keep It That Way," which was released as a single by Elektra Records in 1980. It was later included on Sinatra's 2009 digital only collection, "Cherry Smiles - The Rare Singles".