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1987 single by Cock Robin
"Just Around the Corner"
Single by Cock Robin
from the album After Here Through Midland
B-side"Open Book"
ReleasedMay 11, 1987 (UK)
May 14, 1987 (US)
Length4:12
Label
Songwriter(s)Peter Kingsbery
Producer(s)Don Gehman
Cock Robin singles chronology
"Once We Might Have Known"
(1986) 		"Just Around the Corner"
(1987) 		"The Biggest Fool of All"
(1987)

"Just Around the Corner" is a song by American rock band Cock Robin, released as the lead single off their second album After Here Through Midland (1987).

Composition

Written by Peter Kingsbery and produced by Don Gehman, "Just Around the Corner" lasts four minutes and 12 seconds.

Reception

Cash Box called "Just Around the Corner" "darkly ominous, brooding, yet hopeful – a brilliant cut" with a "highly original sound, with the Call and Prefab Sprout possible reference points". Jerry Smith of British magazine Music Week described the song as being a "strong, evocative material".

The song was a hit in Europe, reaching the Top 20 in several countries, but failed to chart in the band's native country of the US.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "Just Around the Corner"
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 28
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 11
France (SNEP) 18
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 14
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 12
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 6
West Germany (GfK) 16


Year-end charts

1987 year-end chart performance for "Just Around the Corner"
Chart (1987) Position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 46
European Top 100 Singles (Music & Media) 39

References

  1. "New Singles". Music Week. 9 May 1987. p. 51.
  2. "FMQB" (PDF). p. 50.
  3. "Single Releases". Cash Box. August 1, 1987. p. 8. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  4. Smith, Jerry (30 May 1987). "Singles" (PDF). Music Week. p. 20. Retrieved 10 September 2023 – via World Radio History.
  5. "Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  6. "Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  7. "Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Cock Robin" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  9. "Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  10. "Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner". Singles Top 100. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  11. "Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Cock Robin – Just Around The Corner" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  13. "Jaaroverzichten 1987" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  14. "European Charts of the Year 1987: Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. December 26, 1987. p. 34. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
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