"Can't Get By Without You" is a song by British soul group The Real Thing, released in 1976. It was the follow-up to their hit "

You to Me Are Everything "You to Me Are Everything" is a song by British soul group The Real Thing, released as a single in 1976. Written by Ken Gold and Michael Denne and produced by Gold, "You to Me Are Everything" was the Real Thing's sole number-one single on the ...

Background

The song was written by Ken Gold and Mickey Denne and released on Pye 7N 45618. The B-side, "(He's Just A) Moneymaker", was written by

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Eddie Amoo The Real Thing are a British soul group formed in the 1970s. The band charted internationally with their song "You to Me Are Everything", which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart. They also had successes with a string of British hits such as ...

. The song had a similar feel to the group's previous hit, but still reached no. 2 in the UK charts, kept from no. 1 by

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". "Can't Get By Without You" did not make any real chart impression in the US. On the week ending 16 October 1976, in the UK charts the song dropped from no. 2 to no. 3. In 1986, a remixed version of the song "Can't Get By Without You (The Second Decade Remix)", backed by "She's a Groovy Freak", was released on the PRT label.45ca
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