I've Never Been to Me

"I've Never Been to Me"
"I've Never Been to Me"
	Side A of the 1982 US reissue
Single by Charlene
from the album Charlene / Songs of Love (1977) and I've Never Been to Me (1982)
B-side	"It's Really Nice to Be in Love Again" (1977); "Somewhere in My Life" (1982);
Released	July 1977; February 1982 (re-release)
Recorded	1976
Genre	Pop
Length	3:49 (1977); 3:47 (1982)
Label	Prodigal (1977); Motown (1982)
Songwriter(s)	Ron Miller, Kenneth Hirsch
Producer(s)	Ron Miller, Don Costa,; Berry Gordy
Charlene singles chronology

"I've Never Been to Me" is a ballad, written and composed by Ron Miller and Kenneth Hirsch and made popular via a recording by American singer Charlene. Although its original release in 1977 barely registered on the Billboard Hot 100, its re-release in 1982 hit #3 in the US and earned her a gold certification in Australia,^[1] where it held the #1 spot for six weeks. In addition, the song topped the charts in Canada (4 weeks), Ireland (3 weeks) and the United Kingdom.^[2] It was also a top ten triumph in Norway, Belgium, New Zealand and the Netherlands and became Motown's first top ten hit by a white female solo singer.

^ Billboard – Google Books. December 25, 1982. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
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[gold-1] Billboard – Google Books. December 25, 1982. Retrieved March 29, 2014.

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