Just Between You and Me (April Wine song)

"Just Between You and Me"
45 RPM picture sleeve
Single by April Wine
from the album The Nature of the Beast
B-side"Big City Girls"
ReleasedFebruary 1981
RecordedLe Manoir Studios 1980
GenreArena rock
Length3:56
LabelAquarius, Capitol
Songwriter(s)Myles Goodwyn
Producer(s)Myles Goodwyn, Mike Stone
April Wine singles chronology
"I Like to Rock"
(1980) 		"Just Between You and Me"
(1981) 		"Sign of the Gypsy Queen"
(1981)
Audio
"Just Between You and Me" on YouTube

"Just Between You and Me" is a single by Canadian hard rock band April Wine, from their ninth studio album The Nature of the Beast, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music).

Background

The music video for this song was the fourteenth video played on MTV's first day of broadcast (August 1, 1981 (1981-08-01)),[1][2][3] making it the first video by a Canadian recording artist ever played on MTV.[3]

The final chorus of the album version includes the song's title in French: "Seulement entre toi et moi".

Chart performance

"Just Between You and Me" was a top 25 hit in the US (their only top 30 hit in the US and their third and final top 40 hit in the country),[4] and peaked at No.13 on the CHUM Chart in Toronto, Canada.[5][6] It was also a minor hit in the UK, where it went to No.52.[7]

References

  1. ^ Hoye, Jacob (2001). MTV Uncensored. Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-2682-7.
  2. ^ "MTV's First Day". Rhapsody.com. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  3. ^ a b "MTV Video Playlist for August 1, 1981". StereoGum.com. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
  4. ^ "Billboard Hot 100, Chart Listing For The Week of Mar 14 1981 - Just Between You and Me". BillBoard.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  5. ^ "April Wine singles at the CHUM Chart (Toronto, Canada) archives". 1050CHUM.com. Archived from the original on 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  6. ^ "Canadian Top-30 Music Chart #1262 for Saturday, March 21, 1981". WebFitz.com. Archived from the original on January 29, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  7. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 25, 2021.


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