“The Last Waltz” – Single by Engelbert Humperdinck from the album The Last Waltz
B-side “That Promise”
Released 18 August 1967
Label Decca (UK/Ireland) / Parrot (North America)
Songwriters Barry Mason and Les Reed
Producer Peter Sullivan
Charted No.1 in UK, No.25 in US, No.1 i. New Zealand, No.1 in Australia, No.1 in Ireland, No.1 in Belgium, No.33 in Canada, No.14 in West Germany
This was one of Engelbert Humperdinck’s biggest hits, spending five weeks at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and also reaching the Top 40 of the Hot 100. It was the standard closing anthem at discos and dance halls for many years.
The title of the song is something of a double entendre as it refers to both the narrator’s first and last dances with the woman he loves: the first dance was the “last waltz” played at the party where the two met, and the final dance signified the end of their relationship after their romance had cooled.
